Voices

Millions of people, burdened with chronic disease, flock to health facilities on a daily basis, where they experience poor services, rude nurses and insufficient medication. UYANDA SIYOTULA spoke to Gauteng residents.

At the top of list of memorandum ‘X’ seem to be jobs, houses and better service delivery. UYANDA SIYOTULA visited various polling stations in Soweto and spoke to unemployed voters.

On Monday, 21 June, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction (Amcu)  declared an end to the five-month strike in the platinum sector. Since miners...

RA’EESA PATHER spoke to ANC supporters who marched into the Cape Town CBD on Wednesday, demanding better services for poor people from the provincial government.

Lydia Taziyevi (34) lost her son in 2008, before she fled Zimbabwe for a new life in South Africa. She spoke to AAISHA DADI...

KARN KOWSHIK is a professional Indian mountaineer who was on his way up a mountain in India. But he changed his mind. After hearing...

Chaos broke out in Soweto this week as local youths ousted foreign traders from their shops and looted their stock. PONTSHO PILANE asked Sowetans...

It's easy to ignore a passer-by who catcalls or makes sexist remarks towards you. Accepting that this is the norm in society is much...

ERNA CURRY spoke to Corbin August, a media NGO intern from Kulls River in Cape Town.

Apartheid has taught the older generation of South Africans to be patient. And even as South Africa’s fourth general election comes around, they are optimistic that things will be better, that our government will deliver. Their hope rests upon the ANC and the roots of this trust, love and loyalty dates back to the days of oppression. “We have come a long way,” they say, “there has been progress.” But they want more. They want change for the sake of their children and grand children. UYANDA SIYOTULA spoke to a group of senior citizens.

RUMANA AKOOB found that Mamphela Ramphele's appointment as presidential candidate for the Democratic Alliance and the Agang SA merger has been backed strongly by DA supporters around Durban.

The Durban International Film Festival  opened last week with the premier of local movie Ayanda. Film makers, actors, producers and film lovers gathered at the...

Mental illnesses are real health problems, with identifying features and proven treatments. But it is still regarded as taboo in many communities and depression...

I live at home with my family, a seven-minute drive away from campus. My parents pay for my tuition and anything else that I...

Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission called a six-week postponement, just a week before what some have called the country’s first democratic elections were set...

As South Africans head to the polls today, SAFIYYAH PATEL catches up with a group of seven-year-olds on all things election related. With less than...

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa NUMSA returned to work on Tuesday after a month-long strike. BHEKI SIMELANE spoke to Numsa member Kenneth...

Chaos erupted in the Cape Town CBD on Thursday. Marchers descended on the city centre in an illegal show of support for expelled ANC member Loyiso Nkohla and also voiced their anger over ineffective service delivery. Police used water canons and stun grenades on marchers, forcing the crowds to disperse. But people around the city have become familiar with the mounting protest action. RA’EESA PATHER reports.

ERNA CURRY spoke to Eleanor Hoedemaker, an activist, a resident of the Zille-raine Heights informal settlement in Parkwood, Cape Town and an organiser in the Housing Assembly

As President Zuma gears up to deliver this year's State of the Nation address, our team rounds up what the various political parties are...