South Africa: Sassa Gets About 80,000 New SRD Grant Applications Each Month

17.4-million people have applied for the Social Relief of Distress grant since it was introduced in May 2020 Read more »

South Africa: Housing Project Grinds to a Halt Over Payment Dispute

Contractor is taking Matatiele Local Municipality to court over unpaid fees Read more »

South Africa: Municipalities Are Taking More Water From Dams Than They Are Allowed

One municipality regularly exceeds its water allocation limit yet it received top marks for water management from the water department Read more »

South Africa: We Cannot Afford to Scrap R10-Billion Budget for Early Childhood Development

February's postponed budget speech would have announced increased ECD subsidies Read more »

South Africa: Home Affairs Urges Villagers to Travel to Collect IDs - and Then Turns Them Away

"What frustrates me most is that these people came to us, begging us to apply for these IDs that we don't even need" Read more »

South Africa: Police Mum On Muhsin Hendricks Murder Investigation

Memorial held at Open Mosque in Wynberg at the weekend Read more »

South Africa: Here's How a Disabled Person Spent Their Grant

We spent time with 31-year-old Khanyo Mantshi from Khayelitsha who says his grant falls short of his needs Read more »

South Africa: People Living in Abandoned Cape Town Building Face Eviction

About 30 people have been living in 104 Darling Street for more than two decades Read more »

South Africa: Immigrant Spaza Shop Owners Battle to Meet Registration Deadline

Problems with documents from Home Affairs affect shop owners' ability to comply with President Ramaphosa's announcement about food outlets Read more »

South Africa: How Gun Control Can Save Women's Lives

Poor enforcement of gun control measures and increasing firearm ownership correlate directly with more women dying Read more »

South Africa: Cosas Marches On Education Department and Calls for Minister to Resign

Raft of demands handed over Read more »

South Africa: Renowned Cartoonist to Move to Cape Town to Finish His Life's Work

Mogorosi Motshumi is finishing two graphic books Read more »

Lesotho: Elon Musk Is Trying to Do Business in Lesotho, the Country Donald Trump Says 'Nobody Has Ever Heard Of'

And Starlink is not the only US company investing in the kingdom Read more »

South Africa: Minister Issues Tender for 12-Month Temporary Lottery Licence

Critics say this favours Ithuba, the current operator Read more »

South Africa: Slow Systems Delay Switch to New Social Grant Card

Postbank acknowledges that completing the card transition before 20 March deadline is unlikely Read more »

South Africa: Benoni Pensioners Ask City to Scrap Millions of Rands of Debt

City of Ekurhuleni says Actonville rental tenants collectively owe R33-million Read more »

South Africa: My Five-Hour Wait for Treatment At Mamelodi Hospital

Gauteng Health MEC has said Mamelodi Regional Hospital meets National Health Insurance standards, but my experience was not good Read more »

South Africa: More Than 20 Dead and Hundreds Displaced in KZN Floods

Sithembiso Mbutho died crossing the Mthwalume River. Residents have been pleading for the government to build a bridge Read more »

South Africa: My Chaotic Train Journey From Johannesburg to Durban

"It is obvious PRASA was not prepared for this journey" says frustrated commuter after long-distance train breaks down several times Read more »

Lesotho: 'We Were Told to Stop Everything Immediately' - Lesotho HIV Programmes Collapse After USAID Decision

Fear of a surge in new infections as antiretroviral medicines become harder to get Read more »

South Africa: New Plant Discovered in Stellenbosch

"Miracle" iris emerges after decades under a pine plantation Read more »

South Africa: About 1.9-Million People Still Need to Swap Gold Cards As Sassa Deadline Looms

Postbank admits that completing the process on time is "impossible" Read more »

South Africa: Lottery Secretary Resigns After Pocketing R6-Million While On Suspension

Nompumelelo Nene, suspended two years ago, faced 145 disciplinary charges Read more »

South Africa: 'Startling Ruling' Lets Judge Anton Van Zyl Escape Impeachment for Late Judgments

The Judicial Conduct Committee has ruled that the retired judge, who is the main offender for late judgements, cannot be referred for impeachment Read more »

South Africa: Hundreds Block Busy Golden Highway to Demand Water

Phumla Mqashi informal settlement residents near Lenasia say the water tanked in by Joburg Water isn't enough for everyone Read more »