South Africa has been downgraded by global rights index
Every year, the CIVICUS Monitor, a global rights index, provides an assessment of the conditions of civil society within countries. It looks at the...
WSU student misappropriated R818 000 in financial aid
A financial aid beneficiary at Walter Sisulu University (WSU) accidentally received an allowance of R14.1 million rand from IntelliMali, the company which facilitates student...
The Bo-Kaap Community Is Fighting For Its Life Against Developers And...
For the past week, the Cape Town community of Bo-Kaap has been protesting against plans by the City and private developers to gentrify the...
50 000 litres of sewage flow into SA’s rivers every second
South Africa’s municipal sewage system has largely collapsed. Of the 824 treatment plants, maybe only 60 release clean water.
Raw or partially treated sewage flows...
In Pictures: The #TotalShutdown March In Pretoria
Spirits were heightened as womxn* gathered at the old Putco depot in Pretoria on Wednesday before the Total Shutdown march began. We were singing...
South Africa remains a nation of insiders and outsiders, 27 years...
Twenty seven years into democracy, South African politics is still for the few. And those who complain the most have the least to grumble...
TUT Remains Shut As Investigation Into Foul Elections Continues
Students at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Soshanguve north campus have been advised to vacate their residences, while academic activities have been suspended...
Sudan: How Saudi Arabia Is Helping Military Crackdowns On Protests
EXPLAINER
A suspension of Sudan’s African Union (AU) membership. This comes after the extreme violence meted out by the transitional military council on protestors at...
In their own words: reflections on the #JulyUnrest
July 2022 marks a year since the 2021 July Unrest. It was a time of intense unrest, and violence sparked by many different factors....
Why the Mother City can’t accommodate its own football clubs
The City of Cape Town have expressed surprise at Cape Town City F.C. (CTCFC) coach Benni McCarthy’s statement of outrage regarding the team's upcoming...
Improving ethical leadership in our public institutions
The South African state has failed at multiple levels to assure society of its commitment to building a social compact premised on compassion, integrity...
5 Talking Points From The Gigaba Budget
Finance minister Malusi Gigaba tabled the budget for the 2018 year, announcing a new tax regime, including an increase in value-added tax (VAT) since...
South Africa decides against condemning crimes against Rohingya
Consensus builds against Myanmar but South Africa still back pedaling.
Would Suspending Freedoms Help To End Gender-Based Violence?
NEWS ANALYSIS
“Violence against women has become more than a national crisis. It is a crime against our common humanity,” said President Cyril Ramaphosa during...
(in)Famous medical parolees
Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been released on medical parole. He had been serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court. His...
Three Years After The Kunduz Hospital Airstrike, Thousands Remain Without Medical...
It was the only trauma hospital serving the people of Kunduz, an area in northeastern Afghanistan. On October 3 2015, the US army bombed...
Why the Grace/Aziz Ansari incident is so relatable to conversations around...
Navigating the dating world as a woman in a patriarchal world is like playing Russian roulette, you never know how it's going to go....
The EFF Only Pose As Feminists
Journalist Karima Brown has laid charges against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema after Malema shared her cell phone number in a tweet...
NGOs take voter education engagements to communities #LGE2021
In the lead-up to the local elections, the Triangle Project hosted a community engagement on voter education in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Triangle has partnered...
SANDF Must Provide Alternative Accommodation For Marievale Residents, Court Rules
The Pretoria High Court granted a victory to the embattled Marievale community, ruling on Wednesday morning that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF)...
