Protest over unsafe dirt roads in rural KwaZulu-Natal
Nquthu and Mzinyathi Municipalities promise to fix roads next week
Brief | 5 June 2025
SIU finds work paid for but not done on critical water infrastructure
Criminal investigations, civil litigation, lifestyle audits, and disciplinary action loom large as SIU probes dodgy water sector contracts
Parliament | 5 June 2025
100-year-old Flagstaff school is falling apart
In 2013 the Flagstaff Comprehensive High School was promised a share of a R195-million project. But nothing happened
News | 5 June 2025
Cabinet sent basic income grant plan back to the drawing board
Meanwhile the Department of Social Development will ask for another extension of the Social Relief of Distress grant, MPs told
News | 5 June 2025
Eastern Cape teacher accused of beating learner with a hosepipe
Department of Education warns teachers against using corporal punishment to discipline learners
News | 4 June 2025
Judge slams Home Affairs for “unintelligible, illogical babble” in gay case
Immigration official rejected the asylum application of a man from Chad who was imprisoned solely for homosexuality
Law | 4 June 2025
Children’s homes, rehabs and shelters face closure once again as Gauteng government fails to pay
Department of Social Development says there were “payment system challenges” and some organisations are non-compliant
News | 4 June 2025
They escaped with their lives. Now they’ve been arrested
Immigration officers arrest more than 100 Zimbabweans seeking shelter after xenophobic attacks
Brief | 3 June 2025
Misinformation versus freedom, rights and science
A GroundUp series on the right to be informed
News | 3 June 2025