Understanding the My Vote Counts judgment
Within the next 18 months South Africans are likely to find out who funds which political parties
Law | 27 June 2018
Can subsidised rentals help solve the housing crisis?
It’s an idea whose time has come but it is not a cure-all
GroundView | 27 June 2018
De Lille and protesters in tense stand-off
Vrygrond residents furious that the mayor addressed media before them, while she accused the community’s leadership of rejecting all the City’s proposals
News | 26 June 2018
Officials don’t understand how much I struggle to survive, says land occupier
Shacks demolished on state-owned land in Khayelitsha
By Vincent Lali
News | 26 June 2018
Lesbian murder trial to start in Strand
Activists are demanding that the state explain why the accused is not in jail
Brief | 26 June 2018
Battle for Bo-Kaap’s future
Residents are protesting against gentrification but a heritage consultant is sceptical of “nostalgia of an imagined past”
Text by Aidan Jones. Photos by Barry Christianson.
Feature | 26 June 2018
Mthatha commuters want central taxi rank re-opened
Ranks were closed at the end of April following scores of deaths linked to taxi violence
Brief | 26 June 2018
HIV treatment programme doing well but long way to go
About 60% of South Africans with HIV have started antiretrovirals
Science | 26 June 2018
Roads ridden with potholes in Duncan Village, say residents
The municipality says it has budgeted to fix some of the roads in the township this year.
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 25 June 2018