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The Joburg township where outlaws make the rules

Illegal gold mining sustains Lindelane

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Feature | 24 January 2017

“How I was kidnapped and forced to marry”

A woman tells how her ambition to be a nurse was thwarted by ukuthwala

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Feature | 16 January 2017

Raising South Africa: informal crèches are desperate for aid

Despite lots of formal rules and lip-service, the state provides little help

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Feature | 13 January 2017

Presidential housing project bogged down in corruption and fraud

Hundreds of residents of Gauteng townships cheated out of housing

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Feature | 10 January 2017

Homeless in Durban “dumped” outside the city

Municipality spokesperson says “vagrants” are a “scourge”

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Feature | 9 December 2016

Free State’s R380 million ghost hospital

Albert Nzula Hospital stands almost empty after two years

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Feature | 6 December 2016

Table Mountain’s easy targets: On the trail with a Hout Bay mugger

"You can do whatever you want. You can get away quickly. It's easy."

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Feature | 4 December 2016

Putting the horse before the cart

Cart horses depend for their welfare on their drivers and owners, and the grooms and farriers that help them

Text and all photos by Nicholas Ashby.

Feature | 10 November 2016

Zimbabwe domestic workers’ secret Wi-Fi sales

Thandi sells bandwidth while "Madam" is at work

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Feature | 10 November 2016