SASSA crackdown overwhelms KZN offices
People have to return several times to apply for grants or complete reviews
Brief | 11 February 2026
Nigel homeowners take to the streets over water outage
The area has experienced an intermittent water supply for years and taps have been dry since last week
Brief | 10 February 2026
What Cape Town can do to save water
More is needed than asking residents to use less. The municipality has to fix its sewage treatment plants.
Analysis | 10 February 2026
District Six families vow to fight eviction
“Who would have thought back then that it would have turned out like this today” says 69-year-old resident
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 10 February 2026
The man who helped expose lottery corruption has died
Ado Krige supplied key documents that blew corruption at the NLC wide open
Obituary | 10 February 2026
Zukiswa Wanner describes her detention by Israel
Global Sumud Flotilla activists announce 2026 mission to Gaza
Brief | 9 February 2026
Melville enters third week without water
Volunteers work shifts to provide 50 litres of water per person per day
Brief | 9 February 2026
Gaza flotilla members visit Robben Island: call for release of Palestinian prisoners
The group compared Israel’s detention and justice system to apartheid South Africa
Brief | 9 February 2026
Corruption-riddled Lottery projects incomplete despite promised R65-million
After three years of no progress, their fate is still to be decided according to the NLC
By Raymond Joseph and Joseph Bracken
News | 9 February 2026