Lesotho dams authority fights back in “legally baseless” court case
Court applicants say the LHDA has failed to compensate them adequately after they were displaced
Law | 14 July 2025
Biologist turns real-life African scientists into superheroes
Justin Yarrow and his team have created a series of cartoons they hope will inspire the next generation of scientists
News | 14 July 2025
Homeless shelters under pressure as hundreds seek refuge from the cold
City of Cape Town says its Safe Spaces are more than 90% full
By Nonku Mncube
Brief | 14 July 2025
Hundreds of people face eviction from abandoned Sibanye-Stillwater mining village
Families, among them former mine workers, occupied houses in Waterpan Village seven years ago. The company wants them out.
Text by Jan Bornman. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 14 July 2025
Vehicles torched and stoned in protest over MyCiti jobs
Philippi residents are demanding jobs on a MyCiti infrastructure project
Brief | 11 July 2025
People live in squalor as City of Joburg’s development plans gather dust
Over 700 plots in Zandspruit, intended for residents to build their own homes, have stood vacant for six years.
Brief | 11 July 2025
The human cost of SA’s water lifeline: Lesotho communities go to court
Thousands of people and hundreds of businesses are taking the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority to court over the Katse and other dam projects
Law | 11 July 2025
Lesotho declares unemployment a national disaster
The declaration will remain in effect for two years
Brief | 11 July 2025
Treasury hands HIV response a lifeline, but it’s probably too little
UNAIDS says US funding cuts put decades of progress against HIV in jeopardy
By Liezl Human
News | 10 July 2025