Articles for Lucas Nowicki

Unfenced army base outside Makhanda claims another life

At least six people have been killed or injured by explosives from the largely unfenced 6 SA Infantry Battalion training area

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News | 20 November 2025

Mpondoland dagga growers left out to dry

Six years after the Constitutional Court judgment, small-scale dagga growers are sliding deeper into poverty while businesses profit in South Africa’s “cowboy” cannabis industry

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Feature | 29 July 2024

Masiphumelele leaders ask for help in face of relentless storm

“I can only cook meals for a few people. There are so many more people needing food.”

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Brief | 12 July 2024

Meet the beekeepers of the mangrove forests

Members of the Cwebeni cooperative trek four kilometres to harvest honey deep in the forests of the Wild Coast

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News | 18 June 2024

Conditions in Greyton settlement worsen as land restitution process drags on

Madiba Park families still in limbo five years after protests

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News | 30 May 2024

Soup kitchen serves Eastern Cape children the only meal they’ll eat that day

The Human Rights Commission has recommended that child malnutrition in the province be declared a disaster

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Brief | 14 May 2024

14 years after court order, government starts building special school in Makhanda

Amasango Career School’s permanent premises to be completed by 2027

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Brief | 29 April 2024

Thousands of school children stuck without transport months into school year

Eastern Cape transport and education departments are being taken to court

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News | 17 April 2024

Cape Town commuters return to Southern Line as service improves

Progress on restoring full service to other lines lags behind

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News | 3 April 2024

City of Cape Town won’t bend jobs policy, councillor tells Imizamo Yethu protesters

Development Forum says cleaning jobs are not going to young people from the area

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News | 14 March 2024