Domestic worker’s decade long struggle to make her RDP house liveable
Six months after moving in, Nokwayintombi Pateni’s home has still not been electrified
By Vincent Lali
News | 1 July 2021
Mixed reactions to Gauteng government’s ambulance takeover
City of Johannesburg’s service suspended during current Covid-19 surge
News | 1 July 2021
Villagers make difficult 70km journey to get vaccinated
Eastern Cape health department says many new sites will open soon
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Daniel Steyn
News | 1 July 2021
Gun lobby says proposed amendments to the Firearms Control Bill won’t reduce violent crime
The police ministry has received over 100,000 submissions on the bill. Comment period extended to 2 August
News | 1 July 2021
A roller-coaster year for the arts, says National Arts Festival CEO
Live performances at this year’s festival have been cancelled for the second year
Brief | 30 June 2021
Eastern Cape parents build their own school
Baleni Senior Secondary School near Xolobeni is raising funds to build classrooms and other facilities
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Daniel Steyn
News | 30 June 2021
Siqalo residents brave the Cape floods again
Home to about 2,000 people, the informal settlement experiences flooding almost every winter
Photo Essay | 30 June 2021
Elections 2021: Witzenberg a ‘model municipality’ tarnished by poor waste management and unemployment
Budget choices in Ceres favouring the administrative centre over neighbouring towns littered with potholes and sewage
Text and Photos by Steve Kretzmann
News | 30 June 2021
We shouldn’t shift vaccines away from the elderly
Less than 40% of people over 60 have been vaccinated
By Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings
Analysis | 30 June 2021