Child support grant has saved millions of children, but there is still a way to go

7.8-million children remain below the food poverty line

By GroundUp and The Outlier

Charts | 7 November 2025

In photos: Fire at Wingfield refugee camp

Hundreds of refugees, who were already facing eviction, have lost their shelter

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Photo Essay | 6 November 2025

Free State clinic short-staffed and overcrowded for 10 years

Premier promised to upgrade the clinic years ago

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Brief | 6 November 2025

Pensioners ask Parliament to increase grant to R5,000

“We are not asking for charity, we are asking for justice and dignity”

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News | 6 November 2025

Vandals strip R42-million Gqeberha housing project

Of 580 units built in Walmer township only 108 have lawful occupants

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News | 6 November 2025

Homeless shelter waltzes to first-ever dance show

The Haven Night Shelter will stage the “Dignity in Motion” show next week

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News | 6 November 2025

Judge Denise Fisher succeeds in clearing her name

She had been reprimanded for referring attorneys involved in Road Accident Fund claims to their professional bodies

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Law | 5 November 2025

Police officer’s murder trial postponed

Off-duty SAPS officer Dumisani Ndzabela is accused of shooting Sesethu Sigonyela in Khayelitsha

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Brief | 5 November 2025

Official implicated in corruption appointed head of KZN social development

Onkemetse Edwin Kabasia is implicated by multiple forensic investigations into procurement irregularities in Gauteng

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News | 5 November 2025

Dispute over City of Cape Town’s plan for Noordhoek valley

Plan to relocate Masiphumelele families sparks concerns among residents of smallholdings

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News | 5 November 2025

The real cost of Johannesburg’s water

Families living alongside the huge Thukela-Vaal Transfer Scheme get no water

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News | 5 November 2025

Child Support Grant must be increased to end child hunger, report says

The grant has reduced child hunger, but 1.2-million more children are short of food than in 2019

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News | 4 November 2025

Judge interdicts Operation Dudula

Human dignity has no nationality, says Judge Adams

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Law | 4 November 2025

Investigation into R17-billion rail signalling tender complete, says PRASA board

But a more recent whistleblower report alleges a corrupt cabal within the PRASA board

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News | 4 November 2025

Withdrawal of US aid has hurt South Africa’s HIV programme

Number of viral load tests is significantly lower than expected

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Analysis | 4 November 2025

School pit latrines demolished but not replaced with new toilets

Two primary schools in Limpopo have been struggling for over a year with inadequate chemical toilets

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Brief | 4 November 2025