Must government provide flush toilets to informal settlements? A court case may answer this
Residents in Langaville say temporary sanitation measure is being misused as a permanent solution
Law | 6 November 2020
Court rejects urgent bid to extend top-up grants
Millions of beneficiaries need the top-up to get by, argued Black Sash
By Zoë Postman
Law | 2 November 2020
Can you smoke dagga before work?
A CCMA ruling suggests you can so long as it doesn’t impair your performance
Law | 2 November 2020
“We can’t get any jobs or grants” say former municipality workers
Protesters claim that records still reflect that they work for the municipality despite being unemployed since 2016
By Zoë Postman
News | 30 October 2020
Lawyers’ body lets lottery crook off the hook
Despite what appears to be overwhelming evidence against Lesley Ramulifho, the Legal Practice Council decided not to take disciplinary action against him
GroundView | 26 October 2020
These domestic workers lost their jobs during lockdown. Now they have to beg on the streets with their babies
When a car stops, all the women compete to get there first
News | 23 October 2020
Snaking queue for Covid grants in Soweto
“I heard the government extended the grant for three months, but I am still waiting for my first payment to be approved”
By Mosa Damane
News | 22 October 2020
Housing protest after Gauteng “delivers nothing” on 2018 promise
Protesters want to know what happened to the Rapid Land Release Program
By Zoë Postman
News | 22 October 2020
Immigrant shop owners ruthlessly exploited by protection rackets
“This is the life we live … If we do not pay, they send nyaope boys to my shop to start a toyi-toyi”
News | 15 October 2020