Your call is being recorded – and broadcast to the internet

IT company exposes thousands of telephone recordings, many dealing with confidential medical and financial matters

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News | 6 November 2026

Xhosa book inspires young Middledrift learners

Nosipho Precious Gibe’s Ubomi Nguqulukubhode (Life has its ups and downs) teaches young people not to give up on their dreams

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Brief | 6 November 2026

Dirty water, raw sewage and bad audits: see how your town is doing

Use our interactive map to see how your municipality scores on drinking water, sewage and its audit before you vote on 4 November

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Feature | 30 October 2026

Rhodes University launches probe into water after gastro outbreak

Over 100 students and staff have been treated for diarrhoea, stomach cramps and vomiting

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Brief | 28 October 2026

Butterworth children still taught in zinc shacks

James Nguza Junior Secondary School has 109 learners studying in overcrowded, leaking classrooms built as a temporary measure in 2009

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Brief | 28 October 2026

Taps dry as Eastern Cape town waits for water works upgrade

Upgrades to the Fort Beaufort water treatment works are months behind schedule

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Feature | 27 October 2026

Learners wait seven years for R39-million school

Second building contractor fired and Eyabantu Senior Secondary School remains unfinished

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Brief | 22 October 2026

SASSA pensioner builds her own house faster than the government

Government has left scores of houses for Eastern Cape storm victims incomplete

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News | 14 October 2026

Six years later Eastern Cape storm victims still without houses

Some found their names were never on the beneficiary list

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News | 13 October 2026