News
Hundreds of Limpopo villagers protest about potholes
The provincial roads department says there’s no budget to complete repairs on the busy D4 linking Elim to the N1
By Thembi Siaga
News | 27 February 2025
Serious flaws in SASSA system, MPs are told - again
Unclear why same investigators, with unclear qualifications for the job, have presented more or less the same obvious findings to Parliament a second time
By Marecia Damons and Nathan Geffen
News | 26 February 2025
PRASA and City rail agreement finally gets going
But Zackie Achmat criticises plan for lacking firm targets, commitments, and timelines
News | 26 February 2025
Operation Dudula’s victims demand justice
Litigation against the vigilante group started a year ago
News | 26 February 2025
Refugees wait decades for Home Affairs to recognise their families
Despite a 2019 court ruling on “family joining”, spouses and children of asylum seekers are struggling to get documented
By Nontobeko Mkhwanazi and Kimberly Mutandiro
News | 25 February 2025
Ukrainians protest outside Russian Embassy
“Arbitrary detentions of civilians, torture and rape are widespread” says protestor
By Ihsaan Haffejee and Joseph Bracken
News | 24 February 2025
Parties hold their breath in battle over R300-million Stellenbosch mountain estate
Judgment has been reserved in an urgent application to halt a luxury development on Botmaskop slopes
By John Yeld
News | 24 February 2025
Decision on new Lottery operator postponed by a year. But Ithuba’s licence expires in May
No clarity on what happens to lotto ticket sales and NLC grants after expiry
News | 24 February 2025
VBS Bank depositors with more than R100,000 receive only a quarter back
Liquidator recovers R617-million, but many investors face bitter payouts
By Thembi Siaga
News | 24 February 2025