Social Justice A national disaster: What GBV survivors in SA say they actually need April 4, 2026 Daddy What justice looks likeAsk a gender-based violence (GBV) survivor what justice means to them, and the answer is probably not what you would expect, said Itumeleng Magoai, the Programme Manager…
Social Justice TikTok vigilante justice rises as Orange Farm police go AWOL February 25, 2026 Daddy Many residents of Orange Farm, Johannesburg, have lost faith in the police. A local group has stepped in to fill the vacuum, taking ‘cases’, dishing out ‘discipline’, returning stolen property…
Social Justice Watch – Hero community health worker delivers baby during flood disaster February 23, 2026 Daddy On 14 January, a low-pressure system that formed over Mozambique moved into South Africa’s Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces, triggering devastating floods. Homes were destroyed, roads washed away and more than…
Social Justice University of Free State students arrested as backlash over registration policy brings classes to standstill February 22, 2026 Daddy Eight students were arrested early on Wednesday morning for public violence after blocking a major road, outside the University of the Free State (UFS), Bloemfontein Campus. This was confirmed by…
Social Justice How the daily commute for thousands of schoolchildren has become a gamble with death February 22, 2026 Daddy On Monday morning, Mmaki Josephine Mokhobo packed a lunchbox for her daughter, just as she had done countless times before. She watched her daughter, Bokamosa Mokhobo, a Grade 8 pupil,…
Social Justice Gauteng scholar transport services to resume, but budget constraints cast a long shadow February 22, 2026 Daddy In Khutsong on the West Rand, groups of primary school children made a perilous 8km trek to class, a journey that required them to cross a dangerous river. They were…
Social Justice A tale of two taps: How water access is dividing Gauteng’s schools February 22, 2026 Daddy In the shadow of Johannesburg’s water crisis, Noordwyk Primary School has become a casualty. The school starkly illustrates how municipal failures ripple into lost learning time. Midrand became the epicentre…
Social Justice Rhetoric vs reality: civil society delivers sobering scorecard on Sona 2026 February 14, 2026 Daddy Beyond the glitz of the red carpet, advocacy groups warn that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ambitious promises on water, jobs, and education lack the actionable funding and structural reform needed to…