Youth take to their bikes to protest against mining companies
Youth Affected by Mining United in Action cycled the “Toxic Tour” to various mining companies’ offices in Johannesburg
Brief | 18 June 2024
Judge Mngqibisa-Thusi cleared of gross misconduct charges
But tribunal finds that it is gross negligence to fail to deliver 27 judgments within accepted time-frames
Law | 14 June 2024
New law proposed to stop SLAPP suits
The Centre for Applied Legal Studies and Right2Protest hope legislators will adopt it to protect journalists and activists
News | 12 June 2024
“Each time we try to get comfortable, the police come to demolish our home”
Families living in Lindokuhle Mnguni informal settlement in Johannesburg say they’re being harassed by police and AmaPanyaza
News | 11 June 2024
Money starts flowing at last to Gauteng care organisations
The Department of Social Development has been scrambling to comply with a court order
By Masego Mafata and Daniel Steyn
News | 11 June 2024
Gauteng government funds new drug rehab while defunding existing ones
Clinix Foundation was approved for R11-million in funding in just three weeks
By Daniel Steyn, Masego Mafata and Raymond Joseph
News | 6 June 2024
Almost half of state-funded drug rehab beds in Gauteng under threat
Organisations are “under investigation” but have not been told why
By Daniel Steyn, Masego Mafata and Raymond Joseph
News | 5 June 2024
Boksburg families refuse to move to serviced sites
Give us houses, Ekurhuleni municipality told
News | 4 June 2024
Court orders Gauteng government to pay children’s homes subsidies by Friday afternoon
The order gives Epworth Children’s Homes and Bethany House Trust a “lifeline” until the end of September
Brief | 31 May 2024