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Paris Olympics: Lottery steps in at 11th hour to help fund Team SA
Stringent conditions means money can only be spent on athletes, not officials
Feature | 5 August 2024
Mpondoland dagga growers left out to dry
Six years after the Constitutional Court judgment, small-scale dagga growers are sliding deeper into poverty while businesses profit in South Africa’s “cowboy” cannabis industry
Feature | 29 July 2024
Dust in the air: Lack of transparency over Gauteng farming project funding
A number of organisations that received funding from the Gauteng Department of Social Development through the Daracorp non-profit, say Daracorp never delivered on their promises
By Joseph Bracken, Raymond Joseph, Kimberly Mutandiro and Daniel Steyn
Feature | 27 July 2024
Seal attacks contribute to African penguin’s looming extinction
Namibian breeding colonies decimated by predation
Feature | 24 July 2024
Farmers fear loss of land to Motsepe Foundation citrus project
Phalaborwa farming associations sound the alarm
Feature | 22 July 2024
Umgeni: A river of sewage flowing through Durban
The municipal sewage works is one of the main pollution sources
Feature | 18 July 2024
Mining is destroying crucial Eswatini nature reserve
The mine has the king’s blessing but no environmental authorisation
By Cebelihle Mbuyisa and Dane Armstrong
Feature | 11 June 2024
Philippi gangsters say they’ll only stop killing if government pays them
Two security guards escorting City workers were shot dead last week because protection is their business, say extortionists
Feature | 29 April 2024
Water is being sold illegally in eThekwini
Desperate households resort to paying for water from unmarked trucks
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Feature | 7 March 2024