Brief

Gold Card deadline cancelled

Postbank temporarily stops issuing Black Cards

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Brief | 24 April 2025

SASSA’s new biometric tests

People without IDs have to do it

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Brief | 24 April 2025

Thousands of teachers march against budget cuts

SADTU warned of strike action should the government continue slashing social spending

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Brief | 24 April 2025

In photos: Hillbrow remembers Pope Francis

Pope honoured for speaking out for vulnerable people

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Brief | 23 April 2025

Constitutional challenge to ARTsolar’s gag order

Whistleblowers argue their right to freedom of expression has been violated. AmaBhungane has applied to join the case.

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Brief | 22 April 2025

Crèche owners march in Joburg demanding changes to by-laws

“The by-laws are too strict”

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Brief | 15 April 2025

R24-million spent on Indwe stadium with little to show for it

Two contractors later, the stadium is far from complete

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Brief | 14 April 2025

Immigrant workers face dismissal after winning CCMA case

CCMA ruled that M&N Waste must pay minimum wage, now workers have been suspended

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Brief | 11 April 2025

Immigration Advisory Board appointed for the first time in a decade, says Schreiber

13-member Board will be advising the Home Affairs minister on matters relating to immigration policy, strategy, and implementation

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Brief | 4 April 2025

School children in Vhembe wake up at 4:30am to fetch water

Water is not reaching households despite millions of rands spent on water projects

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Brief | 4 April 2025

Taxi drivers protest in Kariega, demanding urgent repair of collapsed bridge

Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Babalwa Lobishe says a contractor will be appointed this week

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Brief | 31 March 2025

Fed up with promises of housing: Langa residents march to Cape Town Civic Centre

Some of the protesters still live in apartheid era hostels

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Brief | 28 March 2025

Hundreds march to Johannesburg mayor’s office demanding houses

Many say they have been waiting 30 years for government housing

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Brief | 27 March 2025

Accused in police torture case considers plea deal

Three police officers are charged with torturing a barber in Cape Town in November 2023

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Brief | 27 March 2025

Removal of illegal connections sparks protests in Khayelitsha

Residents of Social Distance informal settlement demand electricity supply

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Brief | 20 March 2025

Treasury and SASSA granted leave to appeal ruling on SRD grant

“Due to the complexity and seriousness of this case…it deserves the attention of the Supreme Court of Appeal,” says Judge Leonard Twala

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Brief | 19 March 2025