SRD grant recipients queue all day at Benoni SASSA office – only to be turned away
Beneficiaries trying to update their details or reinstate payments say they have to make multiple trips because the system of often down and queues are very long and slow
Brief | 19 May 2026
Pensioners queue from 2am at SASSA office in Tshwane
Beneficiaries sleep on cardboard outside the Soshanguve office
Brief | 19 May 2026
Private health providers don’t need government permission to operate, ConCourt rules
The apex court has unanimously ruled that sections of the National Health Act requiring private hospitals and doctors to get government permission to operate, were unconstitutional
Law | 18 May 2026
Constitutional Court rules asylum seekers once rejected cannot reapply
The majority judgment found that the Refugees Act is silent on reapplications and the court would come dangerously close to legislating if it allowed these
Law | 13 May 2026
Schools left in darkness as municipal bills mount
Gauteng education department says schools must pay for electricity themselves
Brief | 12 May 2026
“Disability is just one part of our life” – meet the dancer breaking barriers on stage
Lethabo Shai lost her leg aged two. Now she’s a professional dancer telling her story.
Photo Essay | 11 May 2026
Mogale City pumping raw sewage into rivers in the Cradle of Humankind
All three of the municipality’s wastewater treatment works have collapsed to critical levels
By Seth Thorne
News | 11 May 2026
Court sets aside national tender for circumcision device
With immediate effect the CircumQ device may not be used on boys aged ten to 14
Law | 8 May 2026
Is abandoning a baby in a safe box a crime or an act of love? Court to decide
The Minister of Social Development says parents who use baby boxes are committing a crime
Law | 7 May 2026