Delays in grant payments: here is what SASSA is doing to fix the problem

Steps taken to improve service as the agency ramps up its review on beneficiaries suspected of having undisclosed incomes

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News | 14 July 2025

Ithuba challenges Lottery licence award

This is the second court case brought against Minister Parks Tau for awarding the licence to Sizekhaya Holdings

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Law | 14 July 2025

Biologist turns real-life African scientists into superheroes

Justin Yarrow and his team have created a series of cartoons they hope will inspire the next generation of scientists

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News | 14 July 2025

Homeless shelters under pressure as hundreds seek refuge from the cold

City of Cape Town says its Safe Spaces are more than 90% full

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Brief | 14 July 2025

Hundreds of people face eviction from abandoned Sibanye-Stillwater mining village

Families, among them former mine workers, occupied houses in Waterpan Village seven years ago. The company wants them out.

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News | 14 July 2025

Vehicles torched and stoned in protest over MyCiti jobs

Philippi residents are demanding jobs on a MyCiti infrastructure project

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Brief | 11 July 2025

People live in squalor as City of Joburg’s development plans gather dust

Over 700 plots in Zandspruit, intended for residents to build their own homes, have stood vacant for six years.

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Brief | 11 July 2025

Treasury hands HIV response a lifeline, but it’s probably too little

UNAIDS says US funding cuts put decades of progress against HIV in jeopardy

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News | 10 July 2025

Judge Mbenenge inquiry: Evidence leader accused of “malicious” cross-examination

Judicial Conduct Tribunal has adjourned for parties to submit written arguments before final deliberations

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News | 10 July 2025

“A grave would be better than my shack”, says Kariega resident

Shack dwellers still don’t have houses after years of promises

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Brief | 10 July 2025

Faith leaders call on Minister Dion George to back plan to reduce plastic production

African environment ministers meet in Kenya next week

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Opinion | 10 July 2025

Mbenenge inquiry: “I was led on”, says Judge President

“The issue is whether my advances were wanted or unwanted”

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News | 10 July 2025

Two boys drown at abandoned sewer project

Oxidation ponds in Centane, Eastern Cape, were abandoned 25 years ago after objections by the traditional authority and local residents

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Brief | 9 July 2025

Affordable housing without state subsidies – City of Cape Town says it will work

City plans to sell land to private developers at a discount

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Analysis | 9 July 2025

Judge Mbenenge inquiry: I wanted a romantic relationship

His persistence was not harassment, insists judge

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News | 9 July 2025