Rot set in straight after the 2021 local government elections
Feature | 18 June 2025
Patrick Ntsokolo hopes to testify before the Human Rights Commission probe into the Stilfontein tragedy
Feature | 18 June 2025
But the new municipal manager hopes to get things back on track
Feature | 17 June 2025
But protecting African Penguins’ food supply could reverse their decline, scientists say
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 6 June 2025
About one in five people in rural Lesotho face food insecurity
Feature | 6 June 2025
A third of schools in the Eastern Cape do not meet minimum norms and standards
Feature | 3 June 2025
Quality of irrigation water should be a national priority, says scientist
Feature | 26 May 2025
Slaughter may await rescued animals if farm’s buyer obtains eviction order
Feature | 18 May 2025
Villagers survive on meagre earnings while big companies make millions
Feature | 15 May 2025
Government has not yet secured funding to build the houses
By Matthew Hirsch and Daniel Steyn
Feature | 6 May 2025
Local fishers say they are arrested and beaten up but authorities deny this
Feature | 22 April 2025
The government could have used emergency allocations to finance defunded services but has failed to do so
Feature | 17 April 2025
Thousands of artisanal gold miners toil in the dirt in a mine controlled by political elites
By Owen Gagare
Feature | 24 March 2025
Critical services in some high-burden districts have collapsed
Feature | 13 March 2025
One municipality regularly exceeds its water allocation limit yet it received top marks for water management from the water department
Feature | 11 March 2025
Scientists aboard the SA Agulhas II have been tracking ocean health
Feature | 21 February 2025