Gauteng government scrambles to meet drug rehab targets
Substance use disorder programme decimated by 2024 funding cuts
News | 8 July 2025
MPs call for action on prison overcrowding
Portfolio committee suggests alternatives to reduce remand detention
By Elna Schütz
Parliament | 7 July 2025
Minister appoints ten new lottery grant assessors after year-long delay
NLC says applications backlog has been cleared and future applications will be assessed within 150 days
Brief | 7 July 2025
R370 grant beneficiaries in Tsakane haven’t been paid in months
SASSA says it will investigate the problem
News | 7 July 2025
Explainer: affordable housing in Cape Town
The City of Cape Town has promised 12,000 affordable homes
By Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch
Feature | 7 July 2025
Fidelity fire service is unlawful, says City of Cape Town
But Fidelity says it is “confident that no existing laws prohibit or restrict” its private service
By Liezl Human
News | 7 July 2025
Mbenenge inquiry: Tribunal rejects “hearsay” statements about secretary’s life
Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge to take the stand on Monday
News | 5 July 2025
Barbara Bell fought all her life for South Africa’s children
Outspoken activist died last week aged 86
Obituary | 4 July 2025
Hundreds march in Pretoria in protest over blocked IDs
Protesters say their identity documents are still blocked, despite a court judgment
Brief | 4 July 2025