Last-minute Lottery funding for the National Arts Festival
Following a successful appeal, the festival has finally got R10-million
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Here’s why people with green ID books are struggling with SASSA’s new verification process
Many beneficiaries of the monthly R370 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant might not be paid
Namaqualand community raises the alarm over copper mining in their small town
The Department of Mineral Resources will visit Concordia in July to assess the mine’s compliance with dust mitigation and other issues
Cape Town’s relocated railway occupiers protest over water
The R300 was blocked for several hours in what the community say was a “last resort” to be heard
Hermanus magistrate messed up in domestic violence case, judges rule
The High Court set aside the conviction and sentence of a man accused of breaching a protection order
UCT council adopts Gaza resolutions
Call for immediate ceasefire
Gauteng government buys newspaper space to praise MEC
MEC Mbali Hlophe won’t say how much the province spent on the advertorials
Premier apologises for Gauteng government’s non-profit funding crisis
About 300 representatives from organisations across the province travelled to Johannesburg to meet social development officials and the Premier
President urged to make sanitary pads free
I_Menstruate Movement launches “period poverty” exhibition in Franschhoek
PRASA fined R25,000 by City of Cape Town for contravening zoning laws
Temporary relocation of families occupying central line contravened municipal by-laws
Controversial auditing firm appointed by Gauteng Department of Social Development
Department acknowledges that the appointment of Open Water, which also probed the Ace Magashule Free State housing scandal, was irregular
Very important news for everyone who does the GroundUp Target!
Although GroundUp won awards for exposing corruption in the Lottery and for uncovering the Thabo Bester prison escape, by far the most important public service we do is publishing the Target on Mondays and Fridays. Exposing shenanigans at the provincial social development departments, answering readers’ questions about social grants, exposing the poor state of sanitation, …
The virus Elon Musk is exporting back to SA
The effects of the $45-billion pay package offered to the Tesla boss will be felt across the world
Discovery Health says Road Accident Fund in breach of court order
In 2022 the High Court ruled that the fund could not withhold payments for past medical expenses covered by medical aids
“I had to beg for my child’s maintenance money”
The Department of Justice’s payment portal, MojoPay, has suspended electronic payments since May due to suspected fraud
Judge Mngqibisa-Thusi cleared of gross misconduct charges
But tribunal finds that it is gross negligence to fail to deliver 27 judgments within accepted time-frames
Constitutional Court refuses Home Affairs leave to appeal Zimbabwe permit decision
In June 2023 the Pretoria High Court ruled that the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit was unlawfully terminated
Court grants order to evict hundreds of people living on streets of Cape Town
But judge puts strict conditions on the way the eviction must be carried out and emphasises that the city also belongs to the evictees, as it does to those who live in mansions
SASSA’s new ID verification process sparks alarm
Biometric identification has been introduced to fight fraud, says agency
Huge housing project stopped by “masked thugs”
Beneficiaries of Covid Village relocation project in Cape Town marched to Mfuleni police station to demand SAPS take action
News24 vs Sunday Independent: a look at the Press Ombud’s ruling
Opinion may be “extreme, unjust, unbalanced, exaggerated and prejudiced” but it must be “honestly-held … without malice, on a matter of public interest on facts that are true”.
Expanded Public Works Programme could play an important role in upgrading informal settlements
Workers recruited in informal settlements are well placed to manage the process