Home Affairs Has Left a Quarter of a Million People Waiting Years for Birth Certificates
The Children’s Institute has taken government to court over its late birth registration backlog
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Clinic Renovation Stalled Because Free State Health Department Hasn’t Paid Contractor
Patients are being treated at old church buildings because the clinic has been closed since 2022 for renovations
Cape Town Mothers in Silent March for Gaza
Israel has blocked food from entering Gaza and killed more than 200 people at distribution points
Lottery Official’s Pension Frozen by Special Tribunal
Sanele Dlamini had been found guilty of gross misconduct by the NLC
Social Grants Go Unpaid as Beneficiaries Struggle With SASSA’s System
Activists say they get dozens of complaints weekly about the online verification process
Mass Lay-Offs at Lesotho Garment Factories as Us Tariffs Bite
After the Trump administration’s threat of 50% import duty on Lesotho, orders have dried up and production lines have shut down
New Crèches May Have to Close Because of Late Payments by Education Department
Subsidies still not being paid on time in KwaZulu-Natal
There Are More Than 20,000 Unfinished RDP Houses in the Free State
One couple has been waiting 14 years for their house to be built
Benoni Pensioners Take to the Streets
Fix our flats, protesters tell municipality
Court Battle Looms Over Lottery Licence
Losing bidder Lekalinga has launched a court application to probe Minister Parks Tau’s decision to award the fourth lottery licence to Sizekhaya Holdings
Three-Day Protest in Soweto Over Power Outages
On top of scheduled “load reduction” stolen cables left Meadowlands in the dark for days
Document Goes Missing in Police Torture Case
Magistrate reprimands lawyers
Four Children Shot Dead in Three Weeks in Samora Machel
All the victims were in school uniform when they were gunned down
Pit Toilets From the 1980s Are Still in Use at This Eastern Cape School
Parents at Bhetshwana Primary, which has 200 learners, say the school has begged the education department for toilets for decades
Fourth Man Dies After Xenophobic Attacks in Addo
Still no arrests after mob displaces hundreds of immigrant families
Rotten Rat Park Gets Rescued
Dunoon children get a safe playground at last
New Border Control Plan Could Harm Asylum Seekers, Say Critics
The One-Stop Border Post Bill aims to speed up trade and travel, but critics say protection for immigrants is inadequate
No Money to Upgrade Cape Town’s Rundown Hostels
We visited hostels in Gugulethu which were overcrowded and falling apart
South African Law Failing Gig Workers
These workers don’t get paid leave and they can be dismissed arbitrarily
Road Accident Fund Wasting Millions on “Chaotic” Court Cases
Lawyers aren’t sent to court, resulting in default judgments
Railway Line Theft Trial Delayed by State Witness’s Illness
Former PRASA regional manager and Cape Town businessman won’t be back in the dock for more than a month
“Where Is Our Water?” Protestors Ask Mayor
Nquthu in KwaZulu-Natal shut down by protest on Monday
Families Left for 15 Years Without Services
Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements says construction will happen later this year
Court Battle Looms Between City of Johannesburg and Traders
SERI has sent a letter of demand to the City over container removals