Government
Mamelodi residents struggle to claim UIF as labour office closed
The department says it shut the offices out of safety concerns in August after sporadic service delivery protests
Brief | 4 November 2024
Ivaldo Macamo lost his leg when the George building collapsed. He is still waiting for compensation
Not one of the families we spoke to has received any payout
By Daniel Steyn
News | 30 October 2024
African Penguins now officially “critically endangered”
The bird is facing rapid population decline from competition with commercial fisheries and climate-mediated shifts in prey populations
By John Yeld
News | 29 October 2024
How government abandoned a multi-million-rand community dairy farm
After catastrophic floods, Minister Nomakhosazana Meth introduced a mysterious investor to the farm without any due diligence
By Daniel Steyn and Joseph Chirume
Feature | 16 October 2024
Government’s “headless chicken approach” to the billion-rand shoddy national police headquarters
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure conducted an oversight visit at the Telkom Towers complex on Thursday
Brief | 11 October 2024
After six weeks UIF online system still down
COSATU has called on the labour minister to intervene
News | 4 October 2024
In photos: the Reclaim the City occupations
Open day at the old Woodstock Hospital and Helen Bowden Nurses Home in Cape Town
By Matthew Hirsch and Steve Kretzmann
Photo Essay | 2 October 2024
Only 20% of Public Works targets were met in 2022/23
The Auditor-General’s office on Wednesday told MPs that 107 projects were significantly delayed
News | 19 September 2024
Are South Africa’s dams safe? Government does not know
A lack of qualified inspectors and low compliance with safety reports raises concerns in Parliament
News | 18 September 2024