Antibiotics have been miracle drugs, successfully wiping out infections and saving millions of lives. Today, they're increasingly ineffective and we're facing a future where they might not work at all.
Kerry Gordon
News | 2 July 2013
I have examined myself and cannot find an anti-American bone. I don’t feel conflicted at the fact that I prefer hamburgers to kneidlach soup or cholent or pap.
Doron Isaacs
Opinion | 1 July 2013
Under a hail of criticism, the City is making attempts at sanitation improvements in the informal settlements. On June 25, 300 people took to the streets in a protest demanding faster action. This photo story looks at sanitation in Makhaza, Khayelitsha.
Amelia Earnest
News | 26 June 2013
Last Saturday, after three days of discussion, 300 members of multiple social movements marched in Cape Town and delivered a letter to the South African Government about land reform and land tenure.
Camila Osorio
News | 26 June 2013
Mzoli’s Place, also known simply as Mzoli’s, is a butchery-come-restaurant. Situated in the heart of Gugulethu, a Cape Town township whose name means "Our Pride", Mzoli’s is one of the most popular hangouts in the Mother City.
Thandile Majivolo
News | 26 June 2013
The word Lwazi means knowledge, and it seems that Lwazi Public Primary School in Gugulethu is appropriately named.
Tebello Mzamo
News | 26 June 2013
It is the 100th anniversary of the Natives Land Act. We spoke to Ben Cousins, a professor at the University of Western Cape and founder of the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies.
Camila Osorio
News | 26 June 2013
Monica Gotshana, is a single mother of five children from Khayelitsha’s Site B. Today is her last day working as a janitor for the City of Cape Town because her six month contract comes to an end. She talked about her experience working as a toilet cleaner.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 26 June 2013
The private security industry in South Africa is one of the largest in the world, with active registered security guards outnumbering police by almost three to one and eight security companies for every police station.
Craig Oosthuizen
Opinion | 26 June 2013
Under a hail of criticism, the City is making attempts at sanitation improvements in the informal settlements. On June 25, 300 people took to the streets in a protest demanding faster action. This photo story looks at sanitation in Makhaza, Khayelitsha.
Amelia Earnest
News | 26 June 2013
More than 300 people marched in the Cape Town city centre today to demand better sanitation in informal settlements.
Pharie Sefali
News | 25 June 2013
Last Friday, 27 civil society organizations signed a letter directed at Ms Jenni Irish-Qhobosheane, of the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service. The organisations requested more time to comment on the Green Paper on Policing that Ms Irish-Qhobosheane published last week.
Camila Osorio
News | 25 June 2013
Immigrants who protested outside Kraaifontein Police station on Thursday 20 June claim that police officers assigned to the Wallacedene area yelled offensive statements at them. They also gave harrowing accounts of how they lost their livelihoods.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 25 June 2013
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