Summary image for article

Waste management project is changing lives in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Kenneth Shelembe says he makes a living wage through the Nquthu Waste Management Project

By

Brief | 20 February 2025

Summary image for article

Over 100 learners squeeze into one room at this overcrowded school

Ketlane Primary School in Limpopo says its pleas for help from the provincial education department have gone unanswered

By

Brief | 20 February 2025

Summary image for article

Budget postponement is a “blessing in disguise” says COSATU

Hundreds marched in Cape Town ahead of budget announcement

By

News | 19 February 2025

Summary image for article

Diepsloot protesters call for Premier’s help in dispute with Eskom

Dozens of transformers installed by residents have been removed by the power utility

By

Brief | 19 February 2025

Summary image for article

Can the SRD grant court order be implemented? Activists say yes

The Department of Social Development is to appeal the recent ruling. But #PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic Justice say it should and can be implemented

By

News | 19 February 2025

Summary image for article

Appeals panel says Mail & Guardian got it wrong on councillor’s role in occupation

But Joburg City Councillor Juwairiya Kaldine’s actions remain questionable

By

Law | 19 February 2025

Summary image for article

Chaotic switch to Black Card: What Postbank says it’s doing to fix the problems

More than 2-million people still need to switch

By

News | 18 February 2025

Summary image for article

Second day of protests rocks UCT campus

Students storm administration building, block entrances

By

Brief | 18 February 2025

Summary image for article

SIU applies to extend lottery corruption probe

Department of Justice says a decision is “expected” by month-end

By

News | 18 February 2025

Summary image for article

Teenager hitchhiking to the nearest clinic delivers her stillborn baby on the roadside

Villagers in the Eastern Cape town where Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was born often wait six hours for an ambulance

By

News | 18 February 2025

Summary image for article

Cape Town museum tells story of life in Palestine

Gaza Remains the Story exhibit is on at the Homecoming Centre

By

Brief | 18 February 2025

Summary image for article

HIV patients go weeks without medicines after US aid cut

Legal challenges have restored funding but damage has been done

By

News | 18 February 2025

Summary image for article

First day of lectures disrupted as UCT students protest

UCT Vice-Chancellor Mosa Moshabela promises to address students concerns on financial exclusion

By

News | 17 February 2025

Summary image for article

Netball tournament brings locals and immigrants together in Gqeberha

“Our vision is to use sport … to unite people of all colours and origins”

By

Brief | 17 February 2025

Summary image for article

Imam Muhsin Hendricks, who fought for queer rights, assassinated

He reportedly said that the need to be authentic was greater than his fear of death

By

News | 17 February 2025

Summary image for article

Court challenge over secret political donations

My Vote Counts wants all political donations disclosed, no matter how small

By

Law | 17 February 2025

Most Read

  1. Should you give handouts at traffic lights? A view from the street
  2. Protesters block major roads in Eastern Cape
  3. Court halts further work on luxury Stellenbosch mountain estate
  4. Six distinctions but no ID: Top matriculant’s hope of becoming a doctor crushed
  5. Solar company changed its story just before gagging whistleblowers

Our answers to your questions

Latest reader letters

Bad precedent set

I think this judgement sets a bad precedent for all municipalities and will adversely affect the ci… Read more

Privatisation of sewage water reclamation

I am surprised that any thoughtful South African researcher can reject the concept of a private con… Read more

Protecting the free flow of ideas and opinions

I would like to suggest that the solution to protection orders being granted against journalists an… Read more

Investigate WaterWorld – East London

Following your investigation of the Mdantsane swimming pool fiasco, I recommend that the Hawks/SCOP… Read more

The blame rests on the client!

When I am awarded a contract, I am required to deposit a sum of money for insurance, normally 10% o… Read more