Nigeria’s Government Is Using Digital Technology to Repress Citizens. A Researcher Explains How
Local conflict and development needs drive the demand for digital authoritarianism technologies.
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The Spectacular but Contested Drakensberg Source of Johannesburg’s Water
It is well known that Johannesburg receives most of its potable water from the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, via the Vaal dam, but there is another equally voluminous inter-basin water transfer scheme that feeds into the Vaal, called the Thukela-Vaal Transfer Scheme. It is one of the country’s great feats of engineering, incorporating an underground …
Police Block Protest by Textile Workers in Lesotho
Unions accuse police of acting unlawfully by denying permission for a protest march against job losses
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Invited to learn more about Afrikaner self-determination
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) strongly condemns the recent statements by the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, regarding Afrikaner self-determination, and would like to enlighten her. In response to a written question from EFF MP Mr Carl Niehaus, she took the unprecedented step of attempting to strip section 235 of the […]
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How Johannesburg Residents Are Protecting Their Power Lines
“Secure infrastructure should be covered by our rates. We’d much rather spend the extra money on beautifying our local park.”
Francesca Albanese Calls for All of Us to Do More to End the Oppression of Palestinians
“Bringing the case to the ICJ … It’s been enormous. South Africa went ahead alone and risked huge repercussions from the United States and others”
Black Coffee and Enhle Ruling Sends a Clear Message: Customary and White Weddings Are Equal in South Africa
The case settles a longstanding question: how does a civil marriage affect a couple’s earlier customary marriage?
Unemployed Capetonians March for Jobs, Safety and Water
“I don’t see the point of filling out these [jobseekers’] forms anymore”
Process to Appoint New Lottery Chair Underway
Here is the shortlist of six candidates
Arts Festivals Call For Clarity on Funding
Long-standing arts festivals that provide thousands of jobs have received no funds this year from the arts and culture department
Call to Scrap Passports Between Lesotho and SA
Lesotho’s opposition Basotho Action Party has launched a campaign to ease cross-border travel using national identity cards
Special Schools in KwaZulu-Natal to Stay Closed
Parents demand buses, more staff and a hostel
Former Leaders of Lesotho Women’s Rights Organisation Accused of Corruption
Two senior office-bearers of Women and Law are accused of misappropriating R5.6-million in donor funds
Cancer Drug Quality in Africa Is a Worry: What We Found in a 4-Country Study
The confirmed presence of substandard or falsified anticancer medicines in sub-Saharan Africa will complicate cancer care.
Lesufi’s Amapanyaza Project Doomed to Fail From the Start
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the Gauteng government’s decision to disband the so-called crime prevention wardens (AmaPanyaza), viewing it as an acknowledgement of the programme’s failure. Since the project was announced in 2023, the Freedom Front Plus maintained that it is illegal, impractical and dangerous to appoint individuals lacking the proper training or […]
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The Gamble Generation: NSFAS, Quick Wins, and Lost Purpose
Recent reports revealing that some students are using their NSFAS allowances to gamble online are not only tragic, they are symptomatic of a far deeper crisis.
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Music Icon Vusi “The Voice” Mahlasela Shares His Story on Stage
“When you are on stage, it is like you are in a different world.”
Fishers Battle to Survive Strict Quotas
“Die blou see is onse oesland” (the blue sea is our harvest land)
Three spaza shopkeepers shot by extortionists in Phillipi
Spaza shops and other small businesses have decided to close
‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ Is Corporate Gaslighting – The Real Change Must Come from the Fossil Fuel Industry
Recycling and cutting personal waste isn’t enough. Polluters must be regulated, and reparations paid by companies that have harmed the environment.
Zoë Wicomb, the South African-Scottish Writer Who Told Powerful Stories About Belonging
A guide to the work of an acclaimed writer who represented the marginalised in society.
Philippi Mass Shooting
The GOOD Party extends heartfelt condolences to the families who lost loved ones and to the communities living under constant siege of violence. Reports of yet another mass shooting in Philippi on Friday night, claiming seven lives, confirm that many communities on the Cape Flats are living in what can only be described as a war zone. Violent crime and gang warfare continue to claim lives indiscriminately, leaving families traumatised and neighbourhoods terrorised.
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Rampahosa Must Act to End Hunger, Activists Say
Hundreds marched in Cape Town on Friday
How Zimbabwe Is Suppressing Journalism
Following arrests and draconian legislation, editors are self-censoring to protect their organisations