South Africa

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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

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News | 15 October 2024

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MPs demand Postbank explain “persistent” problems with social grants

Beneficiaries with gold cards have been struggling to access their grants

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News | 15 October 2024

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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.

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News | 15 October 2024

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Understanding the High Court ruling on rape and consent

Minister of Justice opposed the case to have “defence of subjective consent to rape” scrapped

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Law | 14 October 2024

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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

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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

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News | 14 October 2024

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Tensions rise over unfenced Kruger Park after predators kill cattle

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

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News | 14 October 2024

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People found chained at a private care centre

Department of Social Development is busy relocating the facility’s 20 occupants amid allegations of neglect and inhumane conditions

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News | 11 October 2024

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31 years into democracy and the bucket system isn’t going away any time soon

The bucket eradication programme, started in 2012, has been through three departments and five implementing agents

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Brief | 11 October 2024

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SASSA recovers R150-million in ineligible grants payments

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

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News | 11 October 2024

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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

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Brief | 11 October 2024

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Lottery blows millions of rands on lawyers

Previous minister suggested that previous Lottery management and board colluded with law firms

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News | 11 October 2024

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Court bid to decriminalise sex work

The laws “have not deterred … the selling or buying of sex … and are not rationally capable of doing so. They merely create greater stigma and vulnerability among sex workers and violate their rights.”

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Law | 10 October 2024

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Durban picketers demand accessible mental health services

About 100 people protested outside the city hall to mark World Mental Health Day on Thursday.

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Brief | 10 October 2024

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The Limpopo government mismanaged their money. But these workers are not giving up

Premier Phophi Ramathuba promised that former employees of the Great North Transport bus company would start receiving their unpaid pensions this week

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News | 10 October 2024

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Western Cape town “held to ransom” by cable theft syndicate

Repeated extended blackouts as electricity poles are cut down and cables stolen

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News | 10 October 2024