South Africa

Lottery licence bidder accuses Minister of favouring Ithuba

HCI subsidiary Wina Njalo brought an urgent court application after Minister Parks Tau postponed deadline for new operator

Parliament secretly passed new code of conduct without public comment

Activist group #UniteBehind wants the change declared unconstitutional

Gauteng High Court proposes mandatory mediation for civil cases

Judges Matter welcomes the move but says more judges are needed

Campaign launched to help stateless people become citizens

Hundreds take part in human rights festival at Constitutional Hill

Quick explainer: what VAT means for you

Sharpeville: “These politicians just come and create a spectacle”

Residents say Human Rights Day means little in their township

Political will needed to save lives amid USAID funding cuts, say activists

“We will not let our people die” says Zackie Achmat

SASSA explains why it paid grants to 75,000 dead people

Systems are being improved to solve the problem

Former lottery official fails in court bid to unfreeze his pension fund

Judge says former NLC chief risk officer Marubini Ramatsekisa didn’t explain how he could live at an expensive golf estate while claiming to be unemployed

Herd of life-sized animal puppets to travel through Central Africa to Norway

Large-scale public art project to raise awareness about climate change

Removal of illegal connections sparks protests in Khayelitsha

Residents of Social Distance informal settlement demand electricity supply

More than 100 law firms defrauded the Road Accident Fund

Special Investigating Unit tells Parliament duplicate payments to lawyers amounted to R340-million

Big oil find in Limpopo? Or just false hope?

Troubling questions for Booi Brothers about their exploration in Vhurivhuri

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

Metro police block roads in protest over working conditions

City of Ekhurhuleni says the protest is unlawful