New hospital for Elim at last
But no date has been set by the Department of Health and the old hospital is crumbling
By Thembi Siaga
News | 5 December 2024
Pilot project to count homeless people in Cape Town
Volunteers hope the data they collect can be used to improve services
Brief | 5 December 2024
Plant poaching fraud case to be heard in March
Two police officers and a botanical horticulturist face charges
By Liezl Human
Brief | 4 December 2024
Minister moves to appoint National Gambling Board members after ten years
Board positions have been vacant since 2014
By Joseph Bracken and Raymond Joseph
News | 4 December 2024
Father’s heartbreaking 15-month search for baby’s body after Marshalltown fire
Broken promises and dashed hopes in Mike Ngulube’s desperate quest to locate Memory’s misplaced body
News | 4 December 2024
Explainer: why South Africa’s prisons are overcrowded
Our prisons have about 105,000 beds but there are over 156,000 prisoners
By Daniel Steyn
Analysis | 4 December 2024
Press ombud dismisses complaint over “Cuban doctors took my job” article
We review the complaint of Hassen Lorgat against The Citizen
Law | 4 December 2024
“Implausible” 2022 census cost R4-billion
There are serious concerns about the reliability of the census data
By Daniel Steyn
News | 3 December 2024
Pretoria mother uses her social grant to buy water on the street
Municipal water tanks in Vergenoeg in Atteridgeville are empty
Brief | 3 December 2024