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Hell Affairs – a South African was stuck in limbo for four years trying to prove her identity and citizenship

Africa

Hell Affairs – a South African was stuck in limbo for four years trying to prove her identity and citizenship

By Dianne Hawker

South Africa to receive donation of new child-friendly drug-resistant TB medicines

Maverick Citizen

South Africa to receive donation of new child-friendly drug-resistant TB medicines

By Marcus Low

South Africa needs these five fundamentals to change course and start rebuilding

South Africa

South Africa needs these five fundamentals to change course and start rebuilding

By Mcebisi Jonas

Acclaimed Zithulele sadly in danger of losing what made it great while patients are the biggest losers

South Africa

Acclaimed Zithulele sadly in danger of losing what made it great while patients are the biggest losers

By Estelle Ellis

Prisoners’ rights violated by broken bureaucracy

South Africa

Prisoners’ rights violated by broken bureaucracy

By Marecia Damons and Nathan Geffen

Leading political parties have omitted ECD from their manifestos, so where are the promises to our children?

South Africa

Leading political parties have omitted ECD from their manifestos, so where are the promises to our children?

By Kayin Scholtz and Tess Peacock

More than 100 people forced to sleep outside labour office simply to apply for UIF

South Africa

More than 100 people forced to sleep outside labour office simply to apply for UIF

By Bernard Chiguvare for GroundUp

Academentia: Our universities are being strangled by managerial bureaucracy — we must return to the academy

South Africa

Academentia: Our universities are being strangled by managerial bureaucracy — we must return to the academy

By Keyan G Tomaselli

What is at stake in government reform? Nothing less than holding the country together

South Africa

What is at stake in government reform? Nothing less than holding the country together

By Anthony Butler and Ivor Chipkin

What’s a good education bureaucracy worth? The case of the Western Cape

South Africa

What’s a good education bureaucracy worth? The case of the Western Cape

By Brian Levy

Cash-strapped caregivers jump through bureaucratic hoops rather than abandon babies in need

South Africa

Cash-strapped caregivers jump through bureaucratic hoops rather than abandon babies in need

By Ufrieda Ho