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Out of the black and into the red – Theewaterskloof municipality’s rapid decline

Rot set in straight after the 2021 local government elections

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Feature | 18 June 2025

Survivor tells how trapped miners ate human flesh and cockroaches to survive

Patrick Ntsokolo hopes to testify before the Human Rights Commission probe into the Stilfontein tragedy

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Feature | 18 June 2025

Sewage, garbage, dirty water: Theewaterskloof is in a mess after years of bad management

But the new municipal manager hopes to get things back on track

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Feature | 17 June 2025

In 10 years, there may be no more of these penguins

But protecting African Penguins’ food supply could reverse their decline, scientists say

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Feature | 6 June 2025

US cuts food aid to 36,000 children in Lesotho

About one in five people in rural Lesotho face food insecurity

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Feature | 6 June 2025

In 2013, Zakes Mda was horrified to see 110 learners in a class in this school. Twelve years later, nothing has changed

A third of schools in the Eastern Cape do not meet minimum norms and standards

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Feature | 3 June 2025

South Africa’s polluted rivers pose food contamination risk

Quality of irrigation water should be a national priority, says scientist

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Feature | 26 May 2025

Donkey sanctuary’s promised land turns sour

Slaughter may await rescued animals if farm’s buyer obtains eviction order

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Feature | 18 May 2025

The thorny truth of Lesotho’s rosehip industry

Villagers survive on meagre earnings while big companies make millions

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Feature | 15 May 2025

District Six families must wait at least three more years to return

Government has not yet secured funding to build the houses

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Feature | 6 May 2025

Fight over fish in Lesotho’s Katse Dam

Local fishers say they are arrested and beaten up but authorities deny this

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Feature | 22 April 2025

Inside the government’s confused response to the US funding crisis

The government could have used emergency allocations to finance defunded services but has failed to do so

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Feature | 17 April 2025

Deaths, cover-ups and bribes at Zimbabwe’s lawless Redwing Mine

Thousands of artisanal gold miners toil in the dirt in a mine controlled by political elites

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Feature | 24 March 2025

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