Why COSATU’s congress collapsed
For the first time in its 40 year history, SA’s biggest union gathering did not reach quorum
By Greg Dor
Analysis | 17 September 2026
Video: Joburg’s water crisis, explained
We unpack why taps are dry
By Seth Thorne and Ihsaan Haffejee
Video | 14 September 2026
Bidvest packaging workers on strike
Workers demand 9% increase, shift allowances and bonuses
By Seth Thorne
Brief | 11 September 2026
Judges split on Concourt asylum ruling
After two conflicting high court judgments, a full bench of the Gauteng high court will now determine how to interpret the apex court July ruling
Law | 11 September 2026
300 Zimbabweans stuck at Joburg consulate
Hundreds of people have been displaced by weekly March and March protests
News | 10 September 2026
Social workers left penniless by Gauteng government
“Social work is all about care, but nobody cares for us,” says SANCA Thusong employee
By Seth Thorne
Feature | 8 September 2026
SAFM apologises for Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma interview
The broadcast watchdog found SAFM breached its code by airing unverified claims about immigrants made by the March and March leader
Law | 4 September 2026
Gauteng families live in a swamp of sewage
“We inhale the smell of our own faeces”
Brief | 4 September 2026
Sharpeville Massacre survivors seek compensation
Survivors and families of those killed in 1960 are challenging an apartheid-era law that prevents them from being compensated by the state
Text by Kimberly Mutandiro. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 3 September 2026