Wits students set up Palestinian solidarity encampment
University senate expected to meet this week
Brief | 14 May 2024
Thousands of people abandoned as the Gauteng Social Development Department implodes
Vulnerable people are being failed by an inefficient and corrupt department
GroundView | 14 May 2024
Workers march against looming retrenchments at Sibanye-Stillwater
Unions call for resignation of top management and the CEO Neal Froneman
News | 13 May 2024
Gauteng government rejects request for public-funding information
GroundUp asked for details of billions of rands in grants the Department of Social Development paid to non-profit organisations
News | 10 May 2024
Gauteng funding crisis: Disability organisations face closure
Department of Social Development has not finalised contracts with organisations providing vital services
By Masego Mafata and Daniel Steyn
News | 10 May 2024
Unpaid school uniform makers occupy Gauteng social development offices
Sewing co-operatives delivered thousands of school uniforms to learners in need, but the department is disowning them
By Masego Mafata, Daniel Steyn and Raymond Joseph
News | 9 May 2024
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