Feature
How government abandoned a multi-million-rand community dairy farm
After catastrophic floods, Minister Nomakhosazana Meth introduced a mysterious investor to the farm without any due diligence
By Daniel Steyn and Joseph Chirume
Feature | 16 October 2024
Follow the water: tracing Lesotho’s uncertain water supply to Johannesburg
The long-term viability of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project faces various threats
Text by Sean Christie. Photos by David Southwood.
Feature | 11 October 2024
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