Three-day protest in Soweto over power outages

On top of scheduled “load reduction” stolen cables left Meadowlands in the dark for days

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Brief | 12 June 2025

Benoni pensioners take to the streets

Fix our flats, protesters tell municipality

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Brief | 12 June 2025

Social grants go unpaid as beneficiaries struggle with SASSA’s system

Activists say they get dozens of complaints weekly about the online verification process

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News | 12 June 2025

Lottery official’s pension frozen by Special Tribunal

Sanele Dlamini had been found guilty of gross misconduct by the NLC

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Law | 12 June 2025

New book by Edwin Cameron gives practical steps to reform prisons

“The biggest public policy mistake of the last 125 years was the war on drugs”

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News | 8 June 2025

Setback for casual workers as court rules forum is not a union

But Simunye Workers Forum can still amend its constitution and reapply for registration

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Law | 3 June 2025

Closure of US-funded cancer clinic further burdens public hospitals

Hundreds of patients will likely be transferred from the Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention Clinic at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg.

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News | 2 June 2025

New play challenges xenophobia

Graveland is running at the Market Theatre until Sunday, 1 June

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News | 31 May 2025

Cash-strapped City Power in tense standoff with protesters in Alexandra

The power utility says more than 800 households in Riverpark were either not buying electricity at all or had “suspiciously low” purchase rates

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Brief | 30 May 2025

Artists take over the streets of Hillbrow

‘Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala!’ festival livens up Joburg’s inner-city

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Photo Essay | 26 May 2025

Africa Day march calls for an end to tyranny

Activists condemn dictatorships, xenophobia and genocide

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Brief | 26 May 2025

Picket for jobs at Eskom offices in Joburg

Protesters from Mpumalanga demand local recruitment at power stations

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Brief | 22 May 2025

Two people die during Soweto hostel protest

Anger over the dilapidated hostel has been simmering for years

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Brief | 19 May 2025

Judge slams Gauteng land grab

The “use of court processes and laws which are designed to protect the vulnerable is deplorable”, says Judge Denise Fisher

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Law | 13 May 2025

Spin city: Soweto teens show off their flashy bikes

“My girlfriend says I love this bicycle more than her”

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Photo Essay | 13 May 2025

Judge Mbenenge tribunal: mystery of the missing CCTV footage

Footage was of day Mbenenge allegedly asked for oral sex

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Law | 12 May 2025