Metrorail shack dwellers moved, but to a place without toilets or water
First families moved off Central Line railway tracks
News | 8 December 2023
One child dead and several people injured in Bloemfontein storm
Hundreds of people in Phase 6 location lost most of their belongings and now have to rebuild their homes
Brief | 8 December 2023
Male murder rate is a national health priority, say researchers
Medical Research Council study has looked at why 87% of people murdered in South Africa are men
By Daniel Steyn
News | 8 December 2023
Workers under Creecy’s “cleaning and greening” project demand unpaid wages
Nelson Mandela Bay ward councillor pens letter in support of workers’ demands
Brief | 7 December 2023
Australian company to start seismic survey off West Coast in January
Environmental report acknowledges that seismic blasts, which are much louder than gunshots, can kill fish particularly those with swim bladders
News | 7 December 2023
The EU protects its companies from Big Pharma. South Africa needs to do the same
Critical work being done by local scientists is at risk
Opinion | 7 December 2023
The informal brick makers of Dordrecht
“We are only working to put food on the table, nothing else” says Tinashe Mandobe who has made bricks in the small Eastern Cape town since 2004
News | 7 December 2023
Township boxing gym punches far above its weight
Mzi Damesi started the Overstrand Whale Boxing Club nearly 20 years ago in Hermanus
Photo Essay | 7 December 2023
South Africa needs to spend an extra R535-billion a year to meet climate goals
Climate investments need to jump from R131-million a year, Presidential Climate Commission says
By Liezl Human
News | 6 December 2023