Gauteng Water Crisis in the Spotlight at Sahrc Inquiry
Auditor-General and civil society organisations made submissions on Tuesday
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You May Be Sending Your UIF Claim to a Dead Website
The Unemployment Insurance Fund’s old online claims system is still accepting applications which go nowhere
SRD Grant Recipients Queue All Day at Benoni SASSA Office – Only to Be Turned Away
Beneficiaries trying to update their details or reinstate payments say they have to make multiple trips because the system of often down and queues are very long and slow
Municipal Negligence Nearly Claims Lives in Govan Mbeki
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the confirmation that the Office of the Public Protector (PP) has received a formal complaint from the party against the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality. The complaint stems from the municipality’s ongoing failure to respond to formal warnings and complaints lodged since August 2025. The complaints relate to illegal […]
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Pensioners Queue From 2AM at SASSA Office in Tshwane
Beneficiaries sleep on cardboard outside the Soshanguve office
Special Tribunal Freezes Two Properties Bought With Lottery Funds
Funds meant for an agricultural project to benefit 1,900 unemployed people were used to buy homes for directors of non-profit organisations
Informal Workers in Lagos Are Left to Cope With Devastating Floods Alone: Why Things Must Change
Floods regularly devastate Lagos’s informal workers, but traders and residents have built their own systems to adapt where the state has failed.
Eastern Cape Judge Suspended Over Alleged Racist Incident
Judge Belinda Hartle to face Judicial Conduct Tribunal
Kariega Residents Protest Over Electricity Woes
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says it is attending to over 1,100 cable and line faults across the metro
Why Proudly South African Clothes Are Being Made in “Sweatshops”
92% of clothing manufacturers in Newcastle do not comply with Bargaining Council rules, says the council’s lawyer
Municipality Goes to Court to Block Corruption Report
The North West municipality has ignored an MEC’s instruction to “initiate a process of revocation” of the appointment of three senior officials
Constitutional Court Rules Asylum Seekers Once Rejected Cannot Reapply
The majority judgment found that the Refugees Act is silent on reapplications and the court would come dangerously close to legislating if it allowed these
The Conversation Africa: 11 Years of Impact
The Conversation Africa marks its eleventh anniversary this year with more than 12,000 articles celebrating varying levels of impact.
Here’s How Much Money UCT Needs to Rebuild Its Historic Library
It’ll be “a space that celebrates African memory, identity and creative expression” says library boss
Tshwane’s Deputy Mayor Shielded With a Fine
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) called on the Gauteng MEC for Local Government, Mr Jacob Mamabolo, to intervene after the Deputy Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Mr Eugene Modise, was sanctioned with only a fine equivalent to two months’ salary following serious irregularities. This follows the governing ANC/ActionSA/EFF coalition’s own admission that Mr Modise was […]
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Minister Cannot Fix FMD With Words Alone
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is cautiously optimistic that the Minister of Agriculture, Mr John Steenhuisen, will tomorrow announce a coherent Section 10 plan for vaccinating against foot-and-mouth disease, as ordered by the court. In fact, it is unthinkable that this course of action had to be taken. Private veterinarians in South Africa possess […]
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New SASSA System Piloted in Bellville Office
The agency’s plans to improve service by using technology
AI Policy Debacle Shows Dangers of Technology Used Without Public Oversight
SA’s draft policy contained sources fabricated by a large language model
4 November LGE Marks a New Dawn of Hope
The date for the upcoming local government elections was announced today. South Africans can now set their sights on 4 November 2026 as the day to break free from the chains of decay in which the ANC has entangled local governments across the country. 4 November is a Wednesday, just under six months from now. […]
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Eastern Cape Premier Apologises to Angry Taxi Operators
Province failed to pay for scholar transport
Post Office Workers March in Pretoria
SAFTU general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi leads protest over retrenchments and low wages
Lesotho’s Prisons in Bad Shape Despite Years of Recommendations
Tuberculosis, scabies and pellagra are spreading in the country’s severely overcrowded prisons
A Shameful Judicial Record
Late judgments hit a new high in 2025, crossing the 300 mark