Social grants falling as share of state expenditure
Yet percentage of people living in poverty has grown
By Isobel Frye
Opinion | 4 December 2017
Failure of commuter rail is a crime against urban poor
“I am appealing to employers to empathise with staff who rely on rail to get to work”
By Brett Herron
Opinion | 4 December 2017
Zuma promised me a house
73-year-old amputee lives alone in dilapidated mud home
Brief | 1 December 2017
City promises Mfuleni shack dwellers toilets and electricity in 2018
45 families in Ligwa beg to use neighbours’ toilets
By Vincent Lali
News | 1 December 2017
Waiting by the roadside desperate for work
The official unemployment rate in the Eastern Cape has risen to over 32%
News | 1 December 2017
Police say crime, not its policies, affect the poor
Judge quotes constitution to police: it’s their duty to prevent, combat and investigate crime
Law | 1 December 2017
Activists hold mock trial of Zuma
While there was much laughter, Brett Herron’s testimony was haunting
News | 30 November 2017
Man electrocuted as city councillor takes the train
Commuter was travelling on the roof of overcrowded train
Brief | 30 November 2017
Court finds PRASA responsible for commuter’s injuries
Masibulele Rautini was pushed out of an open carriage door
By Aidan Jones
News | 30 November 2017