Government payment delay forces Joburg’s biggest food bank to close
But the Department of Social Development claims the delay is caused by investigations into the food banks
By Daniel Steyn, Kimberly Mutandiro and Raymond Joseph
News | 8 May 2024
Protesters demand Wits take public stand on Gaza
Calls for “academic boycott of apartheid Israel”
Brief | 8 May 2024
Concerns raised by Gauteng government’s move to take over adoption services
In 2022 the High Court found the Department of Social Development’s conduct “unlawful”
By Daniel Steyn
News | 7 May 2024
Concourt rules out R2-billion damages claim by Zimbabwean farmers
Afriforum, supporting the farmers, says it will continue the legal fight in other countries
Law | 6 May 2024
Marchers say Yes! and No! to new cannabis law
The Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill is awaiting the President’s signature to become law
Brief | 6 May 2024
Gauteng’s shelter system is “broken” because of state incompetence
Several gender-based violence shelters in the province were forced to close because of uncertainty over their funding from the Department of Social Development
News | 3 May 2024
Gauteng Social Development head departs amid corruption allegations
Matilda Gasela headed several forensic audits despite facing allegations herself
By Daniel Steyn and Raymond Joseph
News | 2 May 2024
Workers hold vigil outside Gauteng health department, demanding permanent jobs
National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) says workers will protest daily
Brief | 2 May 2024
Mineworkers disrupt COSATU May Day rally in Soweto
“What are we celebrating, when we are losing our jobs?”
News | 2 May 2024