During the Covid-19 lockdown about 2.9 million people, mostly women, lost their jobs according to the NIDS CRAM survey.
Video | 12 October 2021
An organisation called Chefs with Compassion began feeding hungry people during lockdown
Video | 7 October 2021
EFF accused of hijacking government food relief for election gains
News | 6 October 2021
Mostly undocumented immigrants live in leaking shacks without sanitation, water or electricity in this small informal settlement in Marabastad, Pretoria. But they say they are happy to be left in peace
News | 6 October 2021
Corruption- accused Edwin Sodi’s NJR Projects showed “poor performance”, says municipality. Meanwhile Lindelani families are still waiting for houses
Feature | 6 October 2021
They also demand improved Social Relief of Distress Grant application process
Brief | 4 October 2021
The Three2Six Project has hundreds of children on its waiting list
News | 4 October 2021
Itumeleng Phiri started a recycling business on the site, then a food garden
News | 30 September 2021
City of Tshwane says it is busy acquiring land and planning a new township in Pienaarspoort
News | 28 September 2021
Sensei Mandla Nkonde uses some of the money he makes from recycling to keep the academy afloat
News | 27 September 2021
SASSA says only 8 million of the 13 million people who applied for the R350 grant were approved
News | 24 September 2021
The “book famine” is over as Copyright Act declared unconstitutional
Law | 21 September 2021
PRASA has failed to clarify the situation
News | 21 September 2021
Juane Jacobs is a prisoner at Leeuwkop in Johannesburg. He is extremely ill but he has been denied medical parole. Are double standards being used to determine who gets medical parole in South African correctional facilities?
Video | 21 September 2021
Diepsloot in Johannesburg has become a dumping ground for rubbish. Parts of the township look unsightly. But two residents are turning a messy situation into a job-creation opportunity that removes rubbish.
Video | 17 September 2021
One pensioner had at least three months worth of her R1,890 monthly pension stolen
News | 14 September 2021