Social Development mismanagement
Gauteng social development department wants to buy a building but doesn’t know what for
Up to R70-million budgeted for building in central Pretoria
By Raymond Joseph and Joseph Bracken
News | 8 July 2024
Gauteng government abandons hundreds of homeless people in Tshwane shelters
Organisation that provided food and social services owed R2.9-million
By Daniel Steyn and Masego Mafata
News | 4 July 2024
Gauteng non-profit organisations reject findings of province’s forensic probe
Six out of 13 drug rehabs previously funded by the Gauteng Social Development Department are now “under investigation”
By Daniel Steyn and Masego Mafata
News | 27 June 2024
Premier apologises for Gauteng government’s non-profit funding crisis
About 300 representatives from organisations across the province travelled to Johannesburg to meet social development officials and the Premier
News | 24 June 2024
Gauteng government buys newspaper space to praise MEC
MEC Mbali Hlophe won’t say how much the province spent on the advertorials
By Daniel Steyn, Joseph Bracken and Raymond Joseph
News | 24 June 2024
Controversial auditing firm appointed by Gauteng Department of Social Development
Department acknowledges that the appointment of Open Water, which also probed the Ace Magashule Free State housing scandal, was irregular
By Daniel Steyn and Raymond Joseph
News | 21 June 2024
Money starts flowing at last to Gauteng care organisations
The Department of Social Development has been scrambling to comply with a court order
By Masego Mafata and Daniel Steyn
News | 11 June 2024
Gauteng government funds new drug rehab while defunding existing ones
Clinix Foundation was approved for R11-million in funding in just three weeks
By Daniel Steyn, Masego Mafata and Raymond Joseph
News | 6 June 2024
Almost half of state-funded drug rehab beds in Gauteng under threat
Organisations are “under investigation” but have not been told why
By Daniel Steyn, Masego Mafata and Raymond Joseph
News | 5 June 2024