Communities caught between floods and dry taps
Climate change is making municipal water failures worse
Opinion | 8 October 2026
Rehab workers unpaid as Gauteng owes R1.17-million
Months of non-payment are pushing social workers to the brink
By Seth Thorne
News | 8 October 2026
The government says she got a house. But Emily Lepota still lives in a shack
The house is marked complete on housing system, but it has no roof
Brief | 8 October 2026
Silent protest honours the children killed since 7 October 2023
More than 20,000 children have been killed in Palestine over three years
News | 7 October 2026
Eastern Cape orders new R1.6-billion textbooks as Western Cape holds back
Basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube has endorsed the controversial catalogue for grade 1 to 3 learning materials
News | 7 October 2026
Anti-terror laws risk making life hard for civil society
Anti-money laundering Bill may fail the international test it was written to pass
Opinion | 7 October 2026
Stick-wielding vigilantes harass asylum seekers
Immigrants queuing at Home Affairs in Durban targeted by xenophobic group
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 6 October 2026
Labour department gives in on “amnesty” for Chinese-owned clothing factories
A Newcastle pilot project does not exempt factories from labour laws or the clothing bargaining council’s collective agreement, court orders
Law | 6 October 2026
Deputy minister takes action on broken wastewater treatment plant
Jack Bloom visits Klerksdorp Wastewater Treatment Works, which has not worked since 2023
By Seth Thorne
News | 6 October 2026
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