Articles for Nathan Geffen

Part Two: Dodgy Nguni cattle deals uncovered at Fort Hare

A forensic investigation of a research farm found cattle sold for below market prices

Fort Hare’s cattle projects were supposed to help Eastern Cape farmers. Instead they are a lesson in bad governance

Forensic reports uncover arithmetical errors, unaccounted-for assets and absent oversight, probably resulting in the loss of tens of millions of rands for the university

Release of useful health statistics: 2015 to 2025

The National Health Laboratory Service has provided HIV, TB, syphilis and cholesterol data

Withdrawal of US aid has hurt South Africa’s HIV programme

Number of viral load tests is significantly lower than expected

Queue, the beloved country

We have come to accept that we must queue for hours for every public service - but it’s not normal

Board of Deputies conflates Judaism and Zionism

Views expressed by the official voice of South African Jewry are out of step with many Jews who are horrified by Israel’s actions in Gaza

Trump’s great talent: Diversion

The Afrikaner refugee spectacle is so much more entertaining than AIDS and Israel

Synagogue president apologises for calling for genocide

South African Jews for a Free Palestine call for his resignation

SA has world class medical researchers – they can and should be bailed out

Serious flaws in SASSA system, MPs are told - again

Unclear why same investigators, with unclear qualifications for the job, have presented more or less the same obvious findings to Parliament a second time

US-funded programmes in South Africa benefit the US too

The world class research conducted in SA is vital for everyone

Trump has stopped aid to South Africa, endangering thousands of lives

But we must not allow peddlers of hate to undermine our fragile constitutional democracy

Stopping health funding in Africa weakens America

This is an opportunity for President Ramaphosa to lead

How the SRD grant system has been defrauded

Poor systems enabled it

Our justice system is grinding to a halt

Simple cases are taking years and years to be finalised

Investigation into social grant fraud is a flop

SASSA investigation into SRD grant application system fails to answer crucial questions