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latest news & developmentsCalls for Mthethwa to resign amid probe into mismanagement of Covid funds
Right2Know says it is supporting artists’ right to protest after police intervened in a demonstration outside the ministry
The PPE scandal that the Treasury hasn’t touched
Many government officials have been talking tough about dealing with rampant corruption in PPE procurement but the majority won’t even release names of who has benefited from the…
Top court questions surveillance laws
Justice Chris Jafta says Rica legislation is one of the ‘worst drafted’ laws he has ever seen
Calls made for wrongdoing at SSA to be punished
A damning high-level review panel report on the SSA revealed there was "active monitoring" of a number of civil society organisations
Sona protestors out early to get their voices heard
Various groups are picketing in hopes of getting President Cyril Ramaphosa to address their concerns
Parties have a duty to reveal their donors
Despite a Constitutional Court ruling, politicians are withholding facts needed for an informed vote
Keep defending democracy
Civil society has fought against the worst of the breaches — securitisation, corruption, secrecy
SA waits on information regulator
The process of setting up the new body to help safeguard our democracy has met with obstacles
Anxiety grows over party funding Bill
Civil society groups fear President Cyril Ramaphosa is being lobbied about not signing the Political Party Funding Bill until after the 2019 election
Letters to the Editor: August 10 to 16
Our readers write in about the party fund bill and how the government spends taxpayers’ money
Moerane Commission report tabled in KZN legislature
The report, legislature spokesperson Wonder Hlongwa says, will remain embargoed.
Editorial: It’s dangerous to other foreigners
‘The DA is not the only political actor in the country that is using foreigners as a convenient scapegoat for our significant economic problems’
NGOs tighten up on sexual harassment policies
Organisations in the sector have vowed to review their policies on sexual misconduct
Right2Know welcomes data regulations but says more needs to be done
The advocacy group expressed its disappointment that the actual costs of communication have not been reduced
March on Durban city hall: ‘As shack dwellers we deserve some dignity’
There have been violent evictions in communities including Marianridge, Cato Manor and eMansenseni this year.