Articles for Masego Mafata
Gauteng government abandons hundreds of homeless people in Tshwane shelters
Organisation that provided food and social services owed R2.9-million
By Daniel Steyn and Masego Mafata
News | 4 July 2024
Gauteng non-profit organisations reject findings of province’s forensic probe
Six out of 13 drug rehabs previously funded by the Gauteng Social Development Department are now “under investigation”
By Daniel Steyn and Masego Mafata
News | 27 June 2024
Premier apologises for Gauteng government’s non-profit funding crisis
About 300 representatives from organisations across the province travelled to Johannesburg to meet social development officials and the Premier
News | 24 June 2024
New law proposed to stop SLAPP suits
The Centre for Applied Legal Studies and Right2Protest hope legislators will adopt it to protect journalists and activists
News | 12 June 2024
Money starts flowing at last to Gauteng care organisations
The Department of Social Development has been scrambling to comply with a court order
By Masego Mafata and Daniel Steyn
News | 11 June 2024
Gauteng government funds new drug rehab while defunding existing ones
Clinix Foundation was approved for R11-million in funding in just three weeks
By Daniel Steyn, Masego Mafata and Raymond Joseph
News | 6 June 2024
Almost half of state-funded drug rehab beds in Gauteng under threat
Organisations are “under investigation” but have not been told why
By Daniel Steyn, Masego Mafata and Raymond Joseph
News | 5 June 2024
Court orders Gauteng government to pay children’s homes subsidies by Friday afternoon
The order gives Epworth Children’s Homes and Bethany House Trust a “lifeline” until the end of September
Brief | 31 May 2024
Gauteng Department of Social Development misled court on reasons for funding delays
Auditor-General says it did not recommend changes to the funding process
By Daniel Steyn, Raymond Joseph and Masego Mafata
News | 30 May 2024