JDG Trading sold disability or retrenchment insurance to people who were already disabled or unemployed By Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti An insurance product infringes on the rights of social grant beneficiaries, the Gauteng High Court has ruled. The product offered disability and retrenchment insurance as part of a bundle. But many clients, especially social grant beneficiaries, were already disabled or unemployed. Because...

The Children’s Institute has taken government to court over its late birth registration backlog By Tania Broughton At least 250,000 people have waited up to seven years for Home Affairs to process their late birth registration applications. Without birth certificates, children face numerous complications in life and struggle to access schools and grants. The Children’s Institute wants the Western Cape High...

The short answer If you can't afford school fees, you should apply for a fee exemption or negotiate a payment plan before legal action is taken. The long answer Parents do have to pay fees at public schools unless they are “non-fee schools”, but if a parent or parents cannot afford to pay, they can apply for partial or full fee exemption....