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Government promises to fix payment backlog choking film industry
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition tells Parliament it will secure urgent funding
By Liezl Human
News | 17 February 2026
More than R36-million in lottery money has been spent on this old age home in nine years. But it is still not ready
The home in eDumbe, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, is one of several projects under investigation by the SIU
By Joseph Bracken and Raymond Joseph
News | 17 February 2026
Court stops shacks from being built on District Six
State-owned land is reserved for land claims that will take several years to process
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 16 February 2026
Unfinished lottery-funded old age home in Mpumalanga is being looted
But National Lotteries Commission says it can’t pay for security
By Raymond Joseph and Joseph Bracken
News | 13 February 2026
Limpopo farmers go hungry after floods
One farming cooperative estimates their losses to be up to R350,000
By Thembi Siaga
News | 12 February 2026
Unregistered private schools leave learners and parents in limbo
School owners in Limpopo say registration process is slow and opaque
By Thembi Siaga
News | 12 February 2026
Small-scale fishers furious about linefish quota cuts
Government has reduced the traditional fishers’ fleet from 547 to just 77 vessels
By Liezl Human
News | 11 February 2026
KZN flood victims stuck in emergency housing, three years later
Hundreds of families are living in apartment buildings leased by the City of eThekwini
By Tsoanelo Sefoloko and Joseph Bracken
News | 11 February 2026
End nepotism in Lesotho’s public service, warns law group
Section Two accuses the government of running a closed shop and not advertising positions as required by law
News | 11 February 2026