Delays in grant payments: here is what SASSA is doing to fix the problem
Steps taken to improve service as the agency ramps up its review on beneficiaries suspected of having undisclosed incomes
News | 14 July 2025
Ithuba challenges Lottery licence award
This is the second court case brought against Minister Parks Tau for awarding the licence to Sizekhaya Holdings
Law | 14 July 2025
Biologist turns real-life African scientists into superheroes
Justin Yarrow and his team have created a series of cartoons they hope will inspire the next generation of scientists
News | 14 July 2025
Hundreds of people face eviction from abandoned Sibanye-Stillwater mining village
Families, among them former mine workers, occupied houses in Waterpan Village seven years ago. The company wants them out.
Text by Jan Bornman. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 14 July 2025
Homeless shelters under pressure as hundreds seek refuge from the cold
City of Cape Town says its Safe Spaces are more than 90% full
By Nonku Mncube
Brief | 14 July 2025
Vehicles torched and stoned in protest over MyCiti jobs
Philippi residents are demanding jobs on a MyCiti infrastructure project
Brief | 11 July 2025
People live in squalor as City of Joburg’s development plans gather dust
Over 700 plots in Zandspruit, intended for residents to build their own homes, have stood vacant for six years.
Brief | 11 July 2025
Treasury hands HIV response a lifeline, but it’s probably too little
UNAIDS says US funding cuts put decades of progress against HIV in jeopardy
By Liezl Human
News | 10 July 2025
Judge Mbenenge inquiry: Evidence leader accused of “malicious” cross-examination
Judicial Conduct Tribunal has adjourned for parties to submit written arguments before final deliberations
News | 10 July 2025