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National pension reform: This is about everyone’s future

Unpacking the Green Paper on social security reform

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Analysis | 6 October 2021

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Steel workers countrywide down tools, demanding 8% wage hike

Man dies during NUMSA march in Gqeberha

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News | 5 October 2021

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Zandvlei opens for boating after sewage scare

But Rietvlei and Zeekoevlei are still closed

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Brief | 5 October 2021

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Activists to sue NPA over “false” arrest and imprisonment

Charges against Abahlali BaseMjondolo members were withdrawn on Monday

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Brief | 5 October 2021

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An Eastern Cape municipality promised its residents houses over a decade ago. They’re still waiting

If residents accept a proposal by the province they will get houses with pit latrines and water tanks within two years

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News | 5 October 2021

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Hundreds block Malmesbury’s streets over “unaffordable” utility bills

Swartland municipality says its already written off more than R14.9 million in irrecoverable debt

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Brief | 5 October 2021

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Protesters accuse SASSA officials of bribery

They also demand improved Social Relief of Distress Grant application process

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Brief | 4 October 2021

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Musina residents say they have had enough of water outages

Anger over municipality cutting off electricity when people default on water bills

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News | 4 October 2021

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Refugee children wait years to get into schools

The Three2Six Project has hundreds of children on its waiting list

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News | 4 October 2021

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IEC calls for more election observers

Over 23,000 voting stations but only 6,000 observers expected currently

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News | 1 October 2021

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Tardy courts: Nearly 100 judgments outstanding for more than six months

The Constitutional Court which should be setting an example had seven late judgments at the end of June

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News | 1 October 2021

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Homeless people’s tents confiscated as City of Cape Town cracks down

Additional R500 million to be spent on law enforcement

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News | 1 October 2021

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Rietvlei pollution unlikely to improve soon, fears Milnerton Aquatic Club

“We’re not seeing any action” by City of Cape Town says club commodore

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News | 30 September 2021

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No water at Elim Hospital

Patients rely on relatives to bring them water to drink and to wash

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News | 30 September 2021

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No Covid relief for thousands of children’s centres

“Early Childhood Development centres have closed down. People have lost their jobs. But the national Department of Social Development is not saying a word.”

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News | 30 September 2021

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Where there’s a wool there’s a way: Dolly the sheep bleats the odds

Meet Dolly, the sheep with a prosthetic leg, and her friends.

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Video | 30 September 2021

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