Municipality Breaks the Rules on Phalaborwa Landfill Site
The site is dangerous for waste pickers according to a residents’ forum
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Bus Drivers Strike in Nelson Mandela Bay
Scores of commuters forced to find other ways to get to work and school
Eina! Study Shows Hospitals Are Botching Pain Management
Most patients do not receive important treatment during and after surgery
Judgment Reserved in Stellenbosch Luxury Estate Battle
Stellenbosch Interest Group faces damage claims for halting the Botmaskop development
Do Dads of Disabled Children Do Enough? Kenya Study Points to Misunderstood Ways of Caring
When a child has a disability, especially an intellectual one, a father’s involvement often shifts in complex ways.
Memory Is Not to Be Trusted: A South African Memoir Traces the Search for a Family Secret
A beautifully written book that shows why nostalgia is not to be trusted.
Student Hunger a Hidden Crisis at Universities, Human Rights Commission Hears
Studies show 66% of UWC students and 65% of University of the Free State students are food insecure, but the issue is underreported due to stigma
The Voice of Hind Rajab: Tunisian Director’s Devastating Film About Palestine Is up for an Oscar
Oscar-nominated film The Voice of Hind Rajab shines a light on emergency rescue workers in Palestine.
African Countries Are Signing Bilateral Health Deals With the US: Virologist Identifies the ‘Red Flags’
African countries must not sign away their health data or release their pathogens in exchange for donor funding.
Further Clashes Could Follow Lamola’s Call on Us Ambassador Bozell to Explain “Undiplomatic Remarks”
South Africa may have overplayed its hand by summoning the United States (US) Ambassador, Leo Bozell, to explain his so-called “undiplomatic remarks” regarding, among other things, court rulings on the “Kill the Boer, kill the farmer” chant. Bozell’s statements over the past few days regarding bilateral relations between the US and South Africa have, in […]
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Joburg residents line the streets and cheer army deployment
A convoy of South African National Defence Force, military police and SAPS move through Eldorado Park, Riverlea and Westbury
China in Africa: Investment and Trade Work Well When There’s Strong Oversight, and Badly When There Isn’t
Strong institutions ensure that foreign investment supports sustainable growth rather than environmental decay.
Volunteers Turn Derelict Historic Building into a Thriving Community Centre
A 19th-century Cape Dutch homestead in Cape Town has been revived through a partnership between SAHRA and volunteers
South Africa Is Bleeding to Death – And It’s Because of Guns
It’s time to treat gun violence as a public health crisis
Hunger Crisis Is Set to Get Worse in West and Central Africa – Why and What to Do About It
Millions of people in west Africa and the Sahel region face starvation.
Astrotourism Taking Root in the Karoo
The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory is training residents to be star guides
MPs Criticise Lack of Clarity on Domestic Deployment of the Army
According to SAPS, deployment of soldiers will run from 1 March 2026 to 31 March 2027
Nine Taxis Torched in Nyanga
Driver and commuters concerned about resurgence of violent taxi feud
Tongaat Liquidation Will Devastate Economy
Minister Parks Tau opposes liquidation, says it will cause a “jobs bloodbath”
SA’s Harbours Are Slowly Recovering
Cape Town port hit record numbers in 2024
Activists Criticise Social Grant “Savings”
The Universal Basic Income Coalition says tighter controls risk excluding eligible beneficiaries
Arms Committee Fails to Explain SA’s Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE
National Conventional Arms Control Committee has not filed record of decisions despite being ordered to do so by the High Court in 2021
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Women farmers in KwaZulu-Natal have had to abandon their fields because the government has failed to maintain irrigation systems built in the apartheid era.
Observatory Land Occupiers Wait to Hear Their Fate
The City of Cape Town has offered to move families living on Main Road to a site in Gugulethu