Analysis

Trump has stopped aid to South Africa, endangering thousands of lives

But we must not allow peddlers of hate to undermine our fragile constitutional democracy

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Analysis | 8 February 2025

SASSA is making progress against fraud, our study shows

But there are likely many fraudulent grant applications made years ago that still receive money

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Analysis | 23 January 2025

Cape Town not immune to Los Angeles type fire disaster

The city has better preventative measures but is far less resourced than Los Angeles

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Analysis | 20 January 2025

Education department investigates illegal sale of matric marks

Edumarks offers results early to NSC students for R100

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Analysis | 13 January 2025

Our justice system is grinding to a halt

Simple cases are taking years and years to be finalised

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Analysis | 9 December 2024

me&you mobile removes eSIMs from its website

But action from government is needed too

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Analysis | 5 December 2024

Explainer: why South Africa’s prisons are overcrowded

Our prisons have about 105,000 beds but there are over 156,000 prisoners

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Analysis | 4 December 2024

Investigation into social grant fraud is a flop

SASSA investigation into SRD grant application system fails to answer crucial questions

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Analysis | 27 November 2024

Crime statistics: who are we to believe?

SAPS and Stats SA figures are wildly different

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Analysis | 22 October 2024

Social grant fraud: SASSA needs to act, not deny

Instead of wrongly accusing us of illegal hacking, SASSA should take urgent action to fix the extremely serious problems we described

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Analysis | 18 October 2024

We discovered massive fraud in SASSA’s grant system

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

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Analysis | 14 October 2024

Heroin use has spread as prices plummet

South Africa’s central position in a drug smuggling route between West Asia and Europe plays a role

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Analysis | 9 October 2024

Why the Woolies boss was paid 1,300 times as much as a shopfloor worker

Report by Just Share exposes pay gaps in the retail and wholesale sector

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Analysis | 18 September 2024

SA bank executives coined it during Covid

Banks paid out hefty bonuses, though performance targets were not met

Ann Crotty for Just Share

Analysis | 20 May 2024

Universal Basic Income Grant: What should a payment system look like?

South Africa can learn from Brazil

Abby May, Zen Mathe and Michael Marchant for Open Secrets

Analysis | 13 May 2024

Universal Basic Income Grant: who will profit?

There are risks in using a private company to pay the grants

Abby May, Zen Mathe and Michael Marchant for Open Secrets

Analysis | 10 May 2024