Feature
Mining is destroying crucial Eswatini nature reserve
The mine has the king’s blessing but no environmental authorisation
By Cebelihle Mbuyisa and Dane Armstrong
Feature | 11 June 2024
Philippi gangsters say they’ll only stop killing if government pays them
Two security guards escorting City workers were shot dead last week because protection is their business, say extortionists
Feature | 29 April 2024
Water is being sold illegally in eThekwini
Desperate households resort to paying for water from unmarked trucks
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Feature | 7 March 2024
Hydrogen project splits Richtersveld community
A mega green hydrogen project and port development are planned for Boegoebaai
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 7 March 2024
Green Point “Tent City”: Homeless camp’s days are numbered
Relocation options unsatisfactory for many of the occupiers
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 20 February 2024
The South African drug mules held in foreign jails
Vincent Ntsolo, from Soweto, was just 18 when he was recruited
Feature | 15 February 2024
Hawks act against one of their own for Lottery corruption
Spokeperson Hangwani Mulaudzi and former Head of Risk at the National Lotteries Commission Marubini Ramatsekisa are both named in a dossier handed to prosecutors
By Raymond Joseph, Thembi Siaga and Anton van Zyl
Feature | 12 February 2024
Beauty academy gets R64-million government subsidy in midst of budget cuts
Money for organisations assisting people with HIV and older people cut
By Raymond Joseph and Ella Morrison
Feature | 18 January 2024
Criminals terrorise old gold mining area
Four years after notorious gang leader was shot by police, Roodepoort families still live in fear
Feature | 6 December 2023