“The Unaccountables” book presents pathways for accountability
“We have not forgotten” is the tagline for the Open Secrets investigation series The Unaccountables. The series has just been turned into a book....
March on Durban City Hall: ‘As shack dwellers we deserve some...
Thousands of people marched to the Durban City Hall on Monday against alleged violent evictions of shack dwellers in different informal settlements around Durban....
CT might be in crisis, but Joburg also needs to be...
The City of Johannesburg released a statement on Monday saying that the level 1 water restrictions it had in March 2017 were still in...
Greylisting is affecting South Africans working in South Korea
At the end of February, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced that South Africa had been greylisted. This put South Africa in the...
#TotalShutdown: “We Are Dying At The Hands Of Men, It Has...
In a sea of black and red, thousands of womxn* from all over Gauteng gathered in Pretoria on Wednesday morning to take a stand...
Here’s Why You’re Paying So Much For Petrol
These days, it seems like every conversation is peppered with complaints about the rising petrol price. And legitimately so. October has been a particularly...
Allegations of intimidation and torture as Marievale residents are evicted from...
Residents from Marievale who were granted a court interdict on Wednesday are still being evicted from their homes on the military base in Nigel....
South Africa has been warned that it faces an ‘Arab Spring’:...
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki recently launched a sharp critique of the governing African National Congress (ANC) for failure to address what it...
Marievale Evictions: The SANDF Is Still Barring Residents From Their Homes
Marievale residents have yet again been barred from returning to their homes despite a court ruling by the High Court in Johannesburg stating they...
UCT BAC Demands Thorough Investigation Into Prof Mayosi’s Death
On Friday, the University of Cape Town announced that they were in the process of an inquiry into the death of the dean of...
Woman As Citizen – (As Forgotten)
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In the wake of gender-based violence, a number of men in the Republic have taken to social media and other platforms; decrying the actions...
Fact and fiction: the story of South Africa told in The...
In The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of a Brave and Bewildered Nation, writer Eve Fairbanks writes a compelling non-fiction story that comes off as...
DUT: Rubber Bullets And Stun Grenades Fly As Students Protest
One student was injured when police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesting students at the Durban University of Technology on Wednesday, 28 March.
Thousands of...
Shoprite workers in Cape Town jailed for accepting tips
Seven Shoprite employees appeared at the Wynberg magistrates court in Cape Town on Tuesday morning on charged with theft after they were accused of...
Numsa: Workers Are Sidelined In The Renewable Energy Debate
Over the weekend, the National Union of Mineworkers South Africa (Numsa) released a strongly worded statement expressing disappointment in an earlier statement released by...
It’s 2020 and Bantu Steve Biko is more relevant than ever
September 12 marks 43 years since the death of Bantu Stephen Biko. His murder robbed us of one of our greatest minds. But his...
South Africa’s Entertainment Needs Queer Visibility
South Africa's mainstream entertainment industry has come a long way in terms of opening up the industry and allowing for new talent to surface...
Ramaphosa affairs: ‘It shows you can also cheat the country’
Cyril Ramaphosa is the latest high profile politician to face a sex scandal. The Sunday Independent has reported on not one but eight extramarital...
Taxify Terror: “I am now living in fear because the driver...
Taxify SA has heavily criticised following several reports of misconduct by its drivers. Nomonde Siziba*, 22, from Cape Town is one of the women...
Shashi Naidoo On Her Way To Palestine After Meeting BDS SA
We still don't understand why human rights and Palestinian solidarity organisation Boycott Divestment Sanctions South Africa (BDS SA) held a presser for Shashi Naidoo....
