We are two first-year computer science students at Stellenbosch University. We have been looking for vulnerabilities in government as well as private-sector systems. We do this completely legally, by ...

The Johannesburg High Court has delivered a significant judgment. It has declared unconstitutional the defence of “subjective consent” to a charge of rape. Judge Selby Baqwa said such a defence ...

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

SASSA has managed to get back about R150-million in Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant payments made to ineligible ...

Since it started operating in 2004, the LHWP has been the most consistent source of Johannesburg’s water, and when the LHWP’s ...

“Would you like to work in an environment like this?” an employee asked the Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure during its site visit to the national headquarters of the South ...

Two people in the care of a private care centre in Roerfontein, outside Tzaneen were found chained by their hands and feet during a visit by the Limpopo MEC for Social Development Florence Radzilani ...

Minister Parks Tau has revealed that the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) spent over R73-million on litigation and disciplinary inquiries involving past and current staff. Almost R13-million was ...

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A growing list of cities are solving homelessness. Movements like Built for Zero prove it’s possible to implement dignified, lasting solutions—and save money in the process. These success stories were ...

There have been at least ten serious incidents of cable theft in and around Villiersdorp since the beginning of August. The criminal incidents come after numerous blackouts were caused by winter ...