Feature
Elections 2026: ANC is bleeding seats in this failing Northern Cape municipality
Water, waste, fire and finances — Siyancuma is a mess
Feature | 15 January 2026
St Lucia fishers take government to court
Celempilo Mduli was shot dead by rangers while fishing at night. Five years later, his family is still seeking answers.
Feature | 14 January 2026
Literacy crisis: why Makhanda matters
Two interventions show what can and what can’t be done
By Jane Viedge
Feature | 15 December 2025
City of Cape Town hits back against extortion
SANCO accused of threats and intimidation at MyCiTI bus depot; denies any link to extortion
By David Capel
Feature | 12 December 2025
Kimberley’s big hole of municipal failure
Sol Plaatje municipality’s speaker and municipal manager were recently appointed despite tainted records
Feature | 10 December 2025
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