SIM card provider dodges law

uConnect issues free SIM cards without verifying identity or address, as required by RICA

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News | 23 May 2025

Limpopo residents have to use social grants to buy water

Ward 6 in Springs under the Molemole Municipality has not had running water for over ten years

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Brief | 23 May 2025

Housing plans for Tafelberg site revealed

Western Cape Government plans combination of social, affordable and high-end housing units

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News | 22 May 2025

SIU cracks down on lottery corruption, but NPA missing in action

Findings were presented to SCOPA this week

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News | 22 May 2025

Godongwana says PEPFAR services might be funded later in the year, as health department puts in new bid for emergency funding

This is despite Motsoaledi saying he’s never heard of emergency funding

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News | 22 May 2025

Villagers throw rubbish in rivers as municipality battles waste crisis

With no refuse removal services, illegal dumping is commonplace

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Brief | 22 May 2025

Picket for jobs at Eskom offices in Joburg

Protesters from Mpumalanga demand local recruitment at power stations

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Brief | 22 May 2025

Calls for safety at Gugulethu clinic

After two recent armed hijackings, staff and patients are demanding CCTV and heightened security

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News | 22 May 2025

Budget: Changes ahead for R370-a-month SRD grant

And National Treasury sets new conditions for other grants

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News | 21 May 2025

Court rules against Minister Parks Tau on lottery licence

Minister’s decision to delay lottery announcement was unconstitutional

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Law | 21 May 2025

Tested and safe? Court battle over circumcision device

Bidder wants tender process to start over, saying the device that won has no evidence supporting its use

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News | 21 May 2025

Wits scrambles to lessen fallout from Trump’s funding cuts

“It is impossible to rescue this whole operation. Nobody has that amount of money.”

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News | 21 May 2025

Open letter to Minister Aaron Motsoaledi: Please explain the HIV numbers

Because we can’t make sense of them

Anna Grimsrud, Sibongile Tshabalala-Madhlala, and CHANGE South Africa

Opinion | 21 May 2025

Learners with disabilities steal the show at Shakespeare festival

Shakespeare School Festival runs until 31 May at the District Six Homecoming Centre in Cape Town

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Photo Essay | 21 May 2025

Government starts review of social grants payment system

Review is planned over a nine-month period, but activists want it done “urgently”

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News | 20 May 2025

Hawks, NPA sued for failing to investigate corruption at PRASA

It’s been a decade since criminal complaints were filed

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News | 20 May 2025