Health activists make over 12,000 submissions on draft food labelling regulations
The proposed warning labels will clearly indicate when food is high in sugar, salt and fat or contains artificial sweeteners, but the sugar industry has warned against “demonising sugar”
News | 31 July 2023
Workers struggle amidst post office failures
The appointment of business rescue practitioners for the South African Post Office has been ratified
News | 31 July 2023
Six family members, including three children, die in Khayelitsha shack fire
One person is still being treated in hospital for life-threatening burns
By Vincent Lali
News | 31 July 2023
This vaccine at birth can save thousands of lives
Hepatitis B is a silent killer and one of the leading causes of liver cancer
By Daniel Steyn
News | 31 July 2023
A month’s worth of garbage piles up on Dunoon streets
City waste removal contract ended on 30 June, with no waste collected since
News | 31 July 2023
Our prisons are falling apart, says inspector
Lack of maintenance and disintegrating infrastructure put prisoners and staff at risk
Opinion | 28 July 2023
Piketberg landowners block mining company’s access
New salvo fired in decades-old opencast tungsten mine proposal
By John Yeld
News | 28 July 2023
Who will be our next Public Protector? Here are the candidates
At least one may face conflicts of interest, a Corruption Watch study shows
By Kirsten Pearson and Kavisha Pillay
Analysis | 28 July 2023
G4S in last-ditch bid to keep Mangaung Prison contract
Employees uncertain if they will still have jobs at the prison where Thabo Bester escaped
News | 27 July 2023