Strict new measures to combat Lottery corruption
No sign of dodgy NLC-funded non-profit at the address it supplied during portfolio committee oversight tour
News | 13 February 2023
Five years ago 80% of Stellenbosch medical students said they were mistreated. What has changed?
Researchers hope to repeat and expand a study that also found high rates of racial and gender discrimination
News | 13 February 2023
Emfuleni municipality is a mess and piles of rubbish are just one sign of this
With only half its garbage truck fleet working, the municipality is unable to cope with refuse collection. But this is just one of many problems residents complain about.
By Chris Gilili
News | 13 February 2023
Many Komani shack dwellers dare not move to safety despite floods
The low-lying informal settlement of Silvertown has been under water since Wednesday
Brief | 10 February 2023
Will a State of Disaster fix the electricity crisis? An engineer weighs in
There are good reasons to be sceptical
Analysis | 10 February 2023
Community blames loadshedding for fire that left 300 people homeless
City says no evidence points to loadshedding as a cause for the blaze but cautions residents to switch off appliances during these times.
Brief | 10 February 2023
Social housing in South Africa is in trouble - here’s why
Rising costs and stagnant grants imperil the only government-backed effort to undo apartheid spatial planning
Analysis | 10 February 2023
“A state of destruction”: Activists gather at SONA to demand an end to rolling blackouts
President Ramaphosa announces state of disaster to deal with energy crisis during his State of the Nation Address this evening
News | 9 February 2023
Rats, cockroaches, rubbish: life in an abandoned apartheid hostel
The 34-roomed dome building has been abandoned for about 20 years and no one has taken responsibility for fixing it
Brief | 9 February 2023