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The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of a retired gardener and his wife living in Joostenbergvlakte. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Court rules against eviction of couple living on rural land in Stellenbosch

The supreme court of appeal found the smallholding falls under the Extension of Security of Tenure Act, meaning the gardener and his wife have a right to stay

The technology’s unalterable digital trail would reduce fiscal leaks and prevent large-scale corruption draining the public purse. Photo: Supplied

How blockchain could end public sector fraud

The technology’s unalterable digital trail would reduce fiscal leaks and prevent large-scale corruption draining the public purse

The contents of a fridge where a man was rescued last week after he injured himself in a bad fall and became incapable of caring for himself. (Photo: Lyse Comins)

Abuse of senior citizens an unspoken shame in South Africa

Emigration, poverty and unemployment are contributing to the neglect, abandonment and economic abuse of senior citizens

Members of the ANC give testimony in Cape Town about human rights abuses committed during apartheid. (File photograph by Gallo Images/ Oryx Media Archive).

Three developments in January place unequal democracy back on the road to justice

The Expropriation Bill was signed into law; the families of victims of apartheid-era human rights violations want to know why the TRC recommendations haven’t been implemented,…

Silent: Limpopo police commissioner Thembi Hadebe was told about fraudster Howard Mashaba’s harassment of a tenant. Photo: X/SAPS

Top cop ‘didn’t act against eviction’ by fraudster Howard Mashaba

The provincial police commissioner is the latest to be implicated in the fraudster’s contentious new hotel

Mondli Gungubele, has removed the board of directors of the South African Postbank amid allegations of an unlawful contract worth R140 million.  (Photo by PRESIDENCY OF SOUTH AFRICA/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Mondli Gungubele says Postbank mass resignation was to avoid accountability for unlawful contract

The minister has been accused by the Postbank board of being treated with hostility, undermined and disrespected

The expansion of social grants has been one of the most significant redistributive measures in democratic South Africa. Grants now support millions of children, older persons, and people with disabilities.
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Social development budget is not fit for purpose

The under-investment in cash transfers and caring services by the government suggests that many may well fall still further behind

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How Sars was ‘defrauded’ of R13.9 million by Chetty ‘crime’ family

The son allegedly declared zero income in 2021 despite raking in R29 million in state contracts

The government will extend the social relief of distress grant until 2025. Photo: Pieter Bauermeister/AFP

Godongwana: Basic income grant decisions won’t be made because of political pressure

The social development department has been allocated R35.7 billion to fund the extended social relief of distress grant

Home is where the HQ is: Salamina Khoza’s house is listed as the headquarters of businesses that received R4.6 million in fraudulent contracts from the South African Police Service. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Sassa pensioners allegedly assisted ‘corrupt’ Chetty family to defraud SAPS

Salamina Khoza and Sarathamoney Sigamoney are accused of fronting for companies that received nearly R150m in ‘fraudulent’ police contracts

Irregular expenditure at Postbank rose by R118 million in the 2021-22 financial year

Postbank’s irregular spending rises by R118 million

Poor leadership and accountability hindered the entity from developing proper procedures to deal with those responsible for mismanagement and fraud

Of the 4 983 households affected by the floods only 1 197 have been assessed and the majority are still living in mass-relief shelters. Photos: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke: State response to KZN floods too slow

Of the 4 983 households affected by the floods only 1 197 have been assessed and the majority are still living in mass-relief shelters

The involvement of South African Social Security Agency chief executive Totsie Memela-Khambula in “fraudulent” contracts worth R45.5-million has highlighted her role in the alleged concealment of corruption in Sassa.

Sassa boss linked to R45.5m fraud

A company implicated in the Special Investigating Unit report is still doing business with the South African Social Security Agency

Contracts: Many problems plague the agency responsible for social grants

Five-year drama over Sassa cleaning deal

Welfare agency allegedly bent procurement process to suit a contractor previously found guilty of collusion, and preferred bidder Corporate Cleaning wants damages paid

Social grants are by far the largest facet of South Africa’s social protection system in terms of the number of people covered, according to the World Bank

SA one of the biggest spenders on social assistance globally — World Bank

Social grants are by far the largest facet of South Africa’s social protection system in terms of the number of people covered, according to the World Bank

The perjury case against ANC Women’s League president and former minister of social development Bathabile Dlamini is set to be heard on Friday.

‘Evasive’ and ‘reckless’ Dlamini due back in court in perjury case

The former minister of social development is alleged to have lied under oath

The expansion of social grants has been one of the most significant redistributive measures in democratic South Africa. Grants now support millions of children, older persons, and people with disabilities.
 (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

How to apply for the Covid-19 R350 grant

Asylum seekers with valid permits and caregivers will now also be allowed to apply for the reinstituted social relief of distress grant

‘Reengineering’: Sassa chief executive Totsie Memela-Khambula plans to trim down the ‘top heavy’ agency

Bloated Sassa to make staff cuts

The social security agency has ‘lost’ R2-billion on unnecessary salaries and through wasteful expenditure

The official opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), said it does not support a permanent expansion of the grant system at this stage.

Renewed calls for South Africa to have a basic income grant

Human rights organisations are advocating a state safety net for the millions of South Africans who have been left hungry after the R350 social relief of distress grant was…

Dragging her feet: A whistleblower says Totsie Memela-Khambula has not yet investigated a dodgy tender worth R45.6-million.

Sassa chief executive ignores R45m jobs-for-pals claim

Totsie Memela-Khambula has known about allegations of a nepotistic tender for months but taken no action