Parliament’s portfolio committee on forestry, fisheries and environment is widening its oversight into Sasol after receiving protected disclosures from environmental…
Joburg’s Dada Morero assured residents that the city would not implement water-shedding in the same way South Africans endured load-shedding
No single institution carries end to end accountability for ensuring a child’s journey to school is safe, leading to lethal consequences
Twenty-two year-old Ayanda Dludla also faces three counts of attempted murder, as well as charges of driving without a valid professional permit and operating an unlicensed vehicle
The student says that, after she was abused and belittled, instead of addressing the claims, the college launched disciplinary proceedings against her
The ANC-run municipality refuses to accept blame, accusing some residents of paying for DStv, servicing clothing accounts and drinking expensive alcohol instead of paying their…
Its failure to protect artisanal miners in Stilfontein shows that it is toothless and needs an overhaul to address structural weaknesses
The cause goes beyond corruption and incapacity to dysfunctional centralised, bureaucratic rule. The solution lies in decentralised, participatory and direct democratic forms of…
Some city residents have had no water for 150 days, yet have received bills of up to R60 000
The president needs to expound on how democratically accountable governance remains key to addressing governance failures, beyond any single election
At the centre of the water crisis in KwaZulu-Natal are the people. How will merging the Umgeni and Mhlathuze water boards help while corruption is rife at the two water boards.
The mining resources parliamentary portfolio committee and the department have continued to ignore the interests and rights of communities affected by mining
The former state security minister says the department is currently only mandated to ‘give recommendations’ and has proposed a more comprehensive bill
On Tuesday Tommy Mthombeni told the SAHRC hearings into the July riots that the SAPS was understaffed, and under pressure
Whoever organised the unrest in response to the pending arrest of Jacob Zuma was responsible for the lethal violence that followed, the KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi…
Despite whistleblowers, the department of labour has not yet helped undocumented migrants at a Hout Bay animal shelter
Commission questions gaps in the law regarding corporal punishment and sexual assault
As far back as 2007, a local nonprofit met with government officials to deal with the pollution crisis in Emfuleni. Residents are still waiting
The Human Rights Commission has found a lack of staff, beds and clean, secure facilities plague institutions across the country, leaving patients unable to access the help they…
A family’s struggle against alleged intimidation and failure to act by the authorities mirrors the daily challenges farm dwellers face
