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How much does our HIV response depend on US funding?

Critical services in some high-burden districts have collapsed

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Feature | 13 March 2025

Municipalities are taking more water from dams than they are allowed

One municipality regularly exceeds its water allocation limit yet it received top marks for water management from the water department

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Feature | 11 March 2025

Icebreaker returns from Antarctica with alarming news

Scientists aboard the SA Agulhas II have been tracking ocean health

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Feature | 21 February 2025

Cheap tik takes hold in Tshwane townships

An uptick in psychosis has followed

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Feature | 28 January 2025

From hustling on the streets to recovery: a young man’s triumph over drugs

Harm reduction centre succeeds where rehabs often fail

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Feature | 19 December 2024

Leaked report exposes abuse of lottery money paid to minstrel group

No proof that promised “minstrels museum” ever existed

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Feature | 17 December 2024

Johannesburg has a water leaks problem. Here’s what’s being done about it

Study found more leaked municipal water in the Jukskei River than naturally occurring water

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Feature | 13 December 2024

Inside Gauteng’s R500-million corruption scheme (part two)

How a network of non-profit organisations, co-operatives and companies captured the department’s “sustainable livelihoods” budget

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Feature | 12 December 2024

The violent underworld of Stilfontein’s zama zamas

South Africa’s illicit gold trade is lucrative and controlled by gangs

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Feature | 28 November 2024

Scenes from a zama zama rescue

“They wanted us to go and rescue these guys, but it’s impossible.”

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Feature | 21 November 2024

Johannesburg Water: tales of woe

At least maintenance on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project is on track

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Feature | 20 November 2024

Stilfontein’s dangerous and desperate illegal mining industry

Zama zamas search for gold in a vast and unmapped underground network of tunnels

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Feature | 19 November 2024

Ian Blose was suspended as an attorney in 2022. Yet he is still a practising magistrate

He was also charged in the 2010 “Amigos” corruption case

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Feature | 8 November 2024

Walking Joburg’s biggest baddest river: a very old church and a mermaid

Klip River Day 3: Eldorado Park to the Lido Hotel

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Feature | 8 November 2024

Walking Joburg’s biggest baddest river: boerboels and cable thieves

Day 2 on the Klip River: Riverlea to Soweto

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Feature | 7 November 2024

Walking Joburg’s biggest, baddest river: gold dust and gunk

Day 1 on the Klip River: Selby to Riverlea

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Feature | 6 November 2024