Looting, alleged rape, and political interference: what’s happening at Unizulu?
Fresh scandal has emerged at the University of Zululand (Unizulu), including allegations of financial mismanagement and claims that university staff raped a student.
Unizulu was...
UKZN students protest medical school corruption and training policies
On Monday, nearly one hundred students embarked on a peaceful picket at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, shutting down...
The Xolobeni Community Is Fighting For A Voice In Mining Decisions
From Monday 23 April until Wednesday 25 April, the Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC) will be meeting the department of mineral resources (DMR) and Australian...
The many problems with the SABC and its troubled board
Last week, the ad hoc committee’s report into the investigation of the SABC board’s fitness to function was leaked to the media. Whoops. This,...
#ThePresidentsKeepers: “If this the best way to let people know the...
Jacques Pauw's hard-hitting book, The President's Keepers, which makes claims about President Jacob Zuma being involved in corruption, is the centre of a court...
The Blinded City is a tribute to the people of the...
If you’re interested in the politics of the Johannesburg inner-city, then Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon’s book is a must-read. The Blinded City is a narrative style...
Mpumelelo Mkhabela’s The Enemy Within: An Extract
Mpumelelo Mkhabela's The Enemy Within: How the ANC lost the battle against corruption looks at the ruling African National Congress. Mkhabela who is a...
Here’s what you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine
We spoke to Fatima Hassan, founder and head of the Health Justice Initiative (HJI) on what South Africans need to know about the vaccine.
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Is Capitec another Steinhoff? Not quite.
The South African market was shook on Tuesday when Viceroy Research released a damning report that claimed that Capitec bank “is a wolf in...
Whistleblower Athol Williams hopes to return home one day
Athol Williams, a lecturer and poet, has fled South Africa fearing for his safety. On November 7, Williams published a statement citing why he...
Three year court battle between Limpopo municipality and engineering company continues
There has been three years of legal wrangling between Gauteng-based electrical engineering company and cash-strapped Fetakgomo Tubatse municipality in Limpopo. Now the engineering company...
Max Du Preez: On Fighting Against Apartheid As Media
From the late 70s to the early 90s, South Africa saw some truly turbulent times. Journalist and social commentator Max Du Preez was at...
Here’s what you need to know about the Cosatu national strike
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) are readying for a national strike on Wednesday to...
#BloodFriday: Coloured Community Say They Are Tired Of Suffering
It was the death of Heather Peterson, a 45-year-old woman from Westbury that sparked the widespread protests amongst the coloured communities in Gauteng. Peterson...
People’s Hearing To Look At Human Impact Of State Capture
For months now, the state capture commission has been taking place headed by deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo. The commission have been looking into...
Johannesburg Teachers Tired Of “Cash For Post” Corruption
Teachers from a school in the far north of Johannesburg say they are tired of the corruption in the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE)....
Two Blasts Rip Through Beirut But Lebanon Is Already Broken
“An accident waiting to happen” that’s how Habib Battah, a journalist in Beirut speaking to Al Jazeera described Lebanon. The country is reeling from...
Book Extract Alert from Nuclear: Inside South Africa’s Secret Deal
Shortly after Zuma received treatment in Moscow for alleged poisoning, he signed off on a massive, far-reaching – and unlawful – nuclear power deal...
South Africa’s biggest cities are out of water, but the dams...
South Africa’s major cities in the Gauteng Province – the country’s economic heartland – are experiencing major water shortages. In Johannesburg and Tshwane taps...
“Zuma Is Like Jesus To Us”
Thousands marched to the Durban High Court on Friday, 6 April in support of the former president Jacob Zuma. At the court, where he...
