Ray White speaks to GroundUp journalist Marecia Damons about some of South Africa’s most pressing and painful realities — from deadly inner-city buildings to a crucial fight over sex work laws and looming changes to the SASSA system. Two years after the Usindiso Building fire in Johannesburg claimed 77 lives, residents are still living in so-called ‘dark buildings’ — unsafe, unhygienic spaces with no meaningful improvements and a fire commission report still under wraps. On another front, a groundbreaking legal battle to decriminalise adult sex work is gaining traction as dozens of organisations join the case. And in an important welfare update, Postbank has secured a 15-month extension to phase out the old SASSA Gold Cards, ensuring uninterrupted grants for around 450,000 recipients.

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