July 26
South Africa: Makhado Municipality Finally Complies With Court Order to Appoint Top Official
Unions welcome appointment of Godfrey Raliphada to Chief Financial Officer Read more »
July 25
South Africa: New App to Help Western Cape Social Workers
Plan is to slash time spent on paperwork Read more »
July 23
South Africa: Government Contractor Misses Yet Another Deadline On R123-Million Gauteng School
Construction of the project started in 2022 to accommodate the school's 1,200 learners Read more »
July 19
South Africa: Government Spokespersons Should Take Their Job Seriously
They are well-paid public servants, but diligence is the exception Read more »
South Africa: Joburg Families Plead With City Officials to End Power Cuts
City of Johannesburg losing between R5-million and R10-million monthly due to illegal connections, says City Power Read more »
July 18
South Africa: Umgeni - a River of Sewage Flowing Through Durban
The municipal sewage works is one of the main pollution sources Read more »
July 17
South Africa: Lottery Grant Backlog Builds Up Because Minister Has Not Filled Vacancies
3,400 application backlog because of lack of manpower, says NLC Read more »
South Africa: Fhatuwani Sibanda Lost His Job Because Home Affairs Said He Was a Foreigner. But He's South African
Home Affairs has failed to comply with two court rulings Read more »
July 12
South Africa: Food Parcels Pile Up in Gauteng Warehouses Because Food Banks Have No Money to Distribute Them
Provincial Department of Social Development delays funding Read more »
South Africa: Complaint Against Daily Maverick Steinhoff Stories Dismissed
Former reserve bank employee complained his side of the story was not given, but declined to give his side of the story Read more »
July 08
South Africa: Gauteng Social Development Department Wants to Buy a Building but Doesn't Know What for
Up to R70-million budgeted for building in central Pretoria Read more »
South Africa: City of Cape Town Buys Occupied Marikana Land Seven Years After Landmark Ruling
Last week Eskom disconnected over 300 illegal connections in the settlement. Hours later people connected them again. Read more »
July 05
South Africa: Johannesburg Heritage Foundation Joins Call for Library to Be Reopened
The Louisa Prince Library in Ennerdale has been closed since 2021 Read more »
July 04
South Africa: Gauteng Govt Abandons Hundreds of Homeless People in Tshwane Shelters
Organisation that provided food and social services owed R2.9-million Read more »
June 27
South Africa: Gauteng Non-Profit Organisations Reject Findings of Province's Forensic Probe
Six out of 13 drug rehabs previously funded by the Gauteng Social Development Department are now "under investigation" Read more »
June 26
South Africa: Why People With Green ID Books Are Struggling With New Grant Process
Many beneficiaries of the monthly R370 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant might not be paid Read more »
June 24
South Africa: 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 Read more »
South Africa: President Urged to Make Sanitary Pads Free
I_Menstruate Movement launches "period poverty" exhibition in Franschhoek Read more »
South Africa: Gauteng Government Buys Newspaper Space to Praise MEC
MEC Mbali Hlophe won't say how much the province spent on the advertorials Read more »
June 21
South Africa: 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 Read more »
June 19
South Africa: Sassa's New ID Verification Process Sparks Alarm
Biometric identification has been introduced to fight fraud, says agency Read more »
June 18
South Africa: Shelters in Cape Town Are Filling Up As Winter Bites
The Haven's shelters are already 85% full Read more »
South Africa: Meet the Beekeepers of the Mangrove Forests
Members of the Cwebeni cooperative trek four kilometres to harvest honey deep in the forests of the Wild Coast Read more »
June 12
South Africa: These Durban Families Will Have to Wait Until Next Year for a Reliable Water Supply
City of eThekwini says the water crisis in parts of the city will only be fully resolved in 2025 Read more »
June 11
South Africa: Money Starts Flowing At Last to Gauteng Care Organisations
The Department of Social Development has been scrambling to comply with a court order Read more »