Explainer

Explainer: Cape Town’s “pro-poor” budget and its legal challenge

Large commercial property owners take aim at the City’s revenue plan

These are our rights when we use medicines

South African law says that we must be informed about our health care options

Quick explainer: How wages are set

Quick explainer: government debt and why it matters

Quick explainer: what VAT means for you

Explainer: HIV, HPV and cervical cancer

Explainer: BELA and its controversies

We unpick the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act that rocked the Government of National Unity

Quick explainer: Interest rates and how they affect you

Quick explainer: Inflation and how it affects you

Elections 2024: How people with disabilities can vote

There are various ways but remember to apply in time for a special vote if you need one

South Africa: key statistics ahead of the 2024 elections

Here is how we’re doing on unemployment, murder, housing, life-expectancy and social grants

Here’s how South Africa’s social grant system has changed since 1994

SASSA pays 26-million grants every month

How the taxi industry works in the Western Cape

Here are facts on how big the industry is, how much drivers make, and the taxi industry’s role in crime

The public sector trade unions’ dispute and strike: Here are the facts

Loadshedding: here are your options

Treating Covid: What works? What doesn’t? And what might work?

A simple guide