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Rules for R370-a-month social grant to be challenged in court in October
#PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic Justice say regulations exclude many people who are eligible; government disagrees
News | 2 September 2024
Man burns to death as police swoop on informal miners
Daggafontein community furious with authorities for “violent” response of authorities to work that fuels their local economy
News | 31 August 2024
Security guards picket at Groote Schuur Hospital
The striking workers claim they have been paid late two months in a row
News | 30 August 2024
Tensions mount as Cape Town farmers face relocation
The area that the government wants to move them to is already occupied
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 30 August 2024
Mamelodi residents threaten relocated flood victims
The Nellmapius Extension 4 residents say they weren’t consulted about the move and demand that the flood victims be removed in three months
News | 30 August 2024
Court criticises PRASA for illegal evictions
Ndifuna Ukwazi’s urgent application for interdict on behalf of Foreshore land occupiers continues
By Sandiso Phaliso and Tori Newby
News | 29 August 2024
Luxury properties seized in new Lottery crackdown
Pretoria High Court grants preservation order over assets
News | 29 August 2024
UN expert urges tougher action on pesticides in SA
Pesticides which are banned in Europe are still exported to developing countries
News | 29 August 2024
Proposals to protect penguins would cripple R5.5-billion fishing industry, court told
Experts differ strongly on new plan for no-take zone around six African penguin breeding islands
By John Yeld
News | 29 August 2024