Feature
Facebook promotes rubbish because it doesn’t understand indigenous languages
Content producers get away with fake news and clickbait
By Thembi Siaga and Anton van Zyl
Feature | 4 December 2025
Kimberley: A provincial capital sunk in sewage
Salt pans and lowlands around the town are lakes of filth
Feature | 1 December 2025
Part Two: Dodgy Nguni cattle deals uncovered at Fort Hare
A forensic investigation of a research farm found cattle sold for below market prices
By Raymond Joseph, Johnnie Isaac, Nathan Geffen and Daniel Steyn
Feature | 28 November 2025
Fort Hare’s cattle projects were supposed to help Eastern Cape farmers. Instead they are a lesson in bad governance
Forensic reports uncover arithmetical errors, unaccounted-for assets and absent oversight, probably resulting in the loss of tens of millions of rands for the university
By Raymond Joseph, Johnnie Isaac, Nathan Geffen and Daniel Steyn
Feature | 27 November 2025
Operation Dudula blocks access to clinics, violating court order
Witness testimony plus a visit by GroundUp to clinics confirms this. Clinic security guards are also blocking access to immigrants.
Feature | 24 November 2025
Ecological disaster in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
The collapse of a precious palmiet peatland exposes failures and tensions in the management of our water resources
Feature | 7 November 2025
Investigation finds Limpopo school toilets have not been fixed
Ten years after the Michael Komape tragedy, many schools still need proper toilets
By Liezl Human
Feature | 30 October 2025
How Johannesburg residents are protecting their power lines
“Secure infrastructure should be covered by our rates. We’d much rather spend the extra money on beautifying our local park.”
Text by Zanele Mji. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
Feature | 28 October 2025
How two very different South Africans are solving their water problems
“I have learned in my life to take responsibility for the needs of my family. If you wait for help, you can wait too long.”
By Sean Christie and Tladi Moloi
Feature | 27 October 2025