South Africa: Criminal Charges for Previous Head of Gauteng Department of Social Development

Matilda Gasela is facing corruption and fraud charges for tender irregularities when she was head of the agriculture department Read more »

South Africa: Public Works Workers Picket Through the Night in Durban

They want jobs after their contracts were terminated in July Read more »

South Africa: Johannesburg Community Plays Cat-and-Mouse With City Power

City Power removed and confiscated 60,000 kilograms of aluminium cables valued at R6-million Read more »

South Africa: Lottery Spent Over R1-Million On Lawyers to Stop Groundup Exposing Corruption

Attacks were also launched on the integrity of our reporter Read more »

South Africa: KZN Villagers Use Social Grants to Fix Broken Taps, Pipes and Pumps

Ndatshana residents say they were without running water for seven years Read more »

South Africa: Ombud Lambasts Legal Practice Council

The council and its disciplinary committee not only failed to act in the public interest but also contributed to injustice, says Judge Siraj Desai Read more »

South Africa: Six-Year-Old Rescued From Pit Toilet in Eastern Cape School

At Mampondo Primary School, 135 learners and eight staff members share two pit toilets Read more »

South Africa: How Government Abandoned a Multi-Million-Rand Community Dairy Farm

After catastrophic floods, Minister Nomakhosazana Meth introduced a mysterious investor to the farm without any due diligence Read more »

South Africa: Prasa Dealt With the Foreshore Evictees in Bad Faith, Says Ndifuna Ukwazi Attorney

The rail agency has finally returned the group's belongings, but in poor condition, say the evictees Read more »

South Africa: Community Blocks R3-Million Park Project, Demands Public Participation

Tsomo residents and businesses say they were never consulted about the site Read more »

South Africa: Using Radiation to Stop the Traffic of Rhino Horns

The Wits Rhisotope project hopes to help conservation efforts Read more »

South Africa: What I Learned On My Journey Through Breast Cancer

In Breast Cancer Awareness Month we can all do something to help Read more »

South Africa: Education Department Fails to Pay Water and Electricity Bills - Parents Shut Down School in Protest

Failure to pay Msunduzi Municipality is a violation of human rights, say parents Read more »

South Africa: Lottery Spent R1.5-Million On 'Lawfare' to Try to Stop Minister Ebrahim Patel's Anti-Corruption Battle

For years, costly and sustained litigation funded by public money was launched against Patel Read more »

South Africa: MPs Demand Postbank Explain 'Persistent' Problems With Social Grants

Beneficiaries with gold cards have been struggling to access their grants Read more »

South Africa: Cops Accused of Torture Will Plead Not Guilty

Three officers are accused of torturing a barber during a raid in Cape Town. The incident was caught on CCTV. Read more »

South Africa: Understanding the High Court Ruling On Rape and Consent

Minister of Justice opposed the case to have "defence of subjective consent to rape" scrapped Read more »

South Africa: Tensions Rise Over Unfenced Kruger Park After Predators Kill Cattle

State vet warns that livestock wandering into the park pose significant disease threat Read more »

South Africa: About 100 People March in Khayelitsha Against Gun Crimes and Extortion

Crime involving firearms and extortion has prevented the municipality, Eskom and SASSA from providing essential services Read more »

South Africa: We Discovered Massive Fraud in Sassa's Grant System

SASSA needs to disclose how this happened and the scale of the problem Read more »

South Africa: The Health and Economic Costs of Emissions At Kusile Power Plant

Eskom has an exemption to operate without flue gas desulpharization until March Read more »

South Africa: Social Security Agency Recovers R150m in Ineligible Grants Payments

But the agency is bleeding funds due to fraudulent payments still being made Read more »

South Africa: Lottery Blows Millions of Rands On Lawyers

Previous minister suggested that previous Lottery management and board collaborated with law firms Read more »

South Africa: Government's 'Headless Chicken Approach' to the Billion-Rand Shoddy National Police Headquarters

The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure conducted an oversight visit at the Telkom Towers complex on Thursday Read more »

South Africa: Follow the Water - Tracing Lesotho's Uncertain Water Supply to Johannesburg

The long-term viability of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project faces various threats Read more »