Feature
Murder, rape and torture by police officers. Did IPID even investigate?
IPID used a category called “special closure” to close hundreds of such cases
Feature | 18 November 2019
Silver lining to Dusi pollution calamity?
Durban-Pietermaritzburg river pollution is a microcosm of nationwide water pollution control failures
By Tony Carnie
Feature | 14 November 2019
“We didn’t ask for much” – seven years after the De Doorns uprising
“We are getting to a point where we will definitely see another strike soon”
Feature | 11 November 2019
Climate change plagues Western Cape agriculture
Farmers in Oudtshoorn estimate the drought has lost them billions of rands
Feature | 6 November 2019
How to buy your dream house using public money
Documents show that Lottopreneur Lesley Ramulifho used at least R5 million from a Lottery grant to pay for his luxury Pretoria house
Feature | 31 October 2019
A day in the life of a municipal sewerage worker
“When I started I had to fight off nausea”
Feature | 28 October 2019
Soweto’s girls and boys play competitive soccer together
“My teammates treat me with respect and dignity. I’ve never felt harassed or experienced any form of violence and abuse.”
By Mosa Damane
Feature | 24 October 2019
How a lawyer used a Lottery-funded project as his personal ATM
Lesley Ramulifho paid for fancy restaurants, high-end interior decor and work on a Porsche using money meant for a drug rehab
Feature | 22 October 2019
“People feel betrayed”: small-scale dagga growers fear exclusion from legal trade
Part two in a series on the Pondoland dagga growers
Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 14 October 2019