Kumkani Mhlontlo municipality refuses to give adequate explanations as residents and councillors raise questions ...

Security guards wait outside the Labour Court last Friday. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana. Security guards working for Golden ...

In 2020 Jonathan Ancer and I were commissioned to co-author a biography of Pravin Gordhan. We were both intrigued by the man – probably known best at the time for his resistance to former president ...

The Special Investigating Unit described to Parliament last week how it is cracking down on dodgy medical legal claims. Payouts of medical related claims were R265-million in 2013. This skyrocketed to ...

A court challenge by the former chairman of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) Alfred Nevhutanda has delayed the forfeiture of millions of rands in assets by the state. Nevhutanda is challenging ...

Despite being less than 5km from a major dam, villagers near Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape have no water in their taps. As a result, hundreds of households have to get their water from streams which ...

Known as the “bokkom capital” of the world, Velddrif is a small fishing town on the West Coast where a type of fish biltong called “bokkoms” (a salted and dried harder fish) is sold from Bokkomlaan, ...

I am a backyarder on a government property. The person who lived in the main house has had to move to an old age home, so now it stands empty. We have a prepaid electricity meter that can only be ...

The Johannesburg Labour Court has dismissed Premier Group’s urgent application to stop workers from striking at its Mister Sweet branch in Germiston. Workers downed tools on 19 August, demanding ...

This winter’s heavy rain and strong wind seems to have exposed weaknesses in Cape Town’s electricity grid south of Scarborough and Simon’s Town. Residents say the power goes out whenever it rains, and ...

Premier Group last week filed an urgent application at the Labour Court to bring an ongoing strike to a halt. The application, to be heard on Tuesday, will be opposed by the Simunye Workers Forum. The ...

Thank you for your email asking what happens when you don’t pay your debt to SASSA for the SRD grant you received after you got a job. The Paralegal Advice Website says SASSA will stop a grant if they ...