31 years into democracy and the bucket system isn’t going away any time soon
The bucket eradication programme, started in 2012, has been through three departments and five implementing agents
By Sandiso Phaliso and Thamsanqa Mbovane
Brief | 11 October 2024
SASSA recovers R150-million in ineligible grants payments
But the agency is bleeding funds due to fraudulent payments still being made
News | 11 October 2024
Government’s “headless chicken approach” to the billion-rand shoddy national police headquarters
The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure conducted an oversight visit at the Telkom Towers complex on Thursday
Brief | 11 October 2024
Lottery blows millions of rands on lawyers
Previous minister suggested that previous Lottery management and board colluded with law firms
News | 11 October 2024
Court bid to decriminalise sex work
The laws “have not deterred … the selling or buying of sex … and are not rationally capable of doing so. They merely create greater stigma and vulnerability among sex workers and violate their rights.”
Law | 10 October 2024
Durban picketers demand accessible mental health services
About 100 people protested outside the city hall to mark World Mental Health Day on Thursday.
Brief | 10 October 2024
The Limpopo government mismanaged their money. But these workers are not giving up
Premier Phophi Ramathuba promised that former employees of the Great North Transport bus company would start receiving their unpaid pensions this week
By Thembi Siaga
News | 10 October 2024
Western Cape town “held to ransom” by cable theft syndicate
Repeated extended blackouts as electricity poles are cut down and cables stolen
News | 10 October 2024
How bureaucracy prevents people from getting houses
Supply isn’t coming close to meeting the demand for state-subsidised housing
By Tori Newby
News | 10 October 2024