King Zwelithini’s trust keeps people poor
Ingonyama Trust denies customary ownership rights to people living on its land
By Zenande Booi and Nokwanda Sihlali
Opinion | 29 August 2019
115 households in Despatch left in the cold while municipality and Housing Development Agency shift blame
“Every morning I wake up and sit on that cement foundation just to get the sun”
News | 29 August 2019
Hundreds protest in Booysens Park to be moved to “safer areas”
Resident of Vastrap informal settlement have previously expressed their unhappiness with high crime rates in the area
Brief | 28 August 2019
Evicted Klein Akker families move to state-owned farm in Stellenbosch
“We had a proper wash with privacy for the first time since we were evicted” says farm resident
By Vincent Lali
News | 28 August 2019
Glebelands hostel murders: accused plead not guilty
The state is expected to call 100 witnesses during the trial
Brief | 28 August 2019
Fed up Eastern Cape villagers told to move shacks, promised new homes
“We watched them build proper shelters for those who came after us” says villager
News | 28 August 2019
Generations of Cape Town flower traders cut it in the city market
“Everybody in the family is here, cousins, aunties and great aunties”
Text by Tariro Washinyira. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 28 August 2019
Msunduzi River spill: Small farmers worried they will not be compensated for “losses”
Fund set up to assist with cleanup
By Mlu Mdletshe
Feature | 28 August 2019
Protesters demand Western Cape crime summit
Threats of “a national protest and a possible tax revolt” if government does not respond
Brief | 27 August 2019
Photo Essays
Activists accuse Anglo of going AWOL
But the company has dismissed the claim that it is leaving South Africa as disinformation
Joburg’s old Drill Hall now an arts sanctuary
Once the site of the 1956 Treason Trial and later a prosthetic limb factory, the building has been brought to life with art installations and greenery
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Lesotho’s failed multi-million rand high-altitude sports centre
The decaying Rapokolana facility was built in 2005 but has never been fully operational. It is a missed opportunity for athletes from South Africa and Lesotho.
Ethics company told to pay back Lottery money
ProEthics and its director Dr Janette Minnaar tried to stop us publishing this article
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