Gayton McKenzie ruling against News24 overturned - mostly

In January the Press Ombud ruled against a story on the sports minister’s Olympic jaunt. That finding has now been largely overturned.

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Law | 25 April 2025

Bid to save polluted Joburg river

Activists, scientists and artists come together to clear waste from the Jukskei River in Alexandra

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Photo Essay | 24 April 2025

Short thrift for law firm’s complaint against Sunday Times

Newspaper dealt fairly with union’s complaint to legal watchdog about their attorneys’ billing

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Law | 24 April 2025

In photos: Hillbrow remembers Pope Francis

Pope honoured for speaking out for vulnerable people

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Brief | 23 April 2025

Begging to feed their children

Women who beg at traffic lights with their children say they have no other options

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News | 22 April 2025

Six distinctions but no ID: Top matriculant’s hope of becoming a doctor crushed

“My mother was a citizen, yet I cannot get an ID” says Emmanuel Ndlovu

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News | 17 April 2025

Crèche owners march in Joburg demanding changes to by-laws

“The by-laws are too strict”

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Brief | 15 April 2025

Play commemorates 10th anniversary of Rhodes Must Fall movement

A reimagined version of the popular 2016 “The Fall” play is being staged at Joburg’s The Market Theatre until 4 May

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Photo Essay | 14 April 2025

Immigrant workers face dismissal after winning CCMA case

CCMA ruled that M&N Waste must pay minimum wage, now workers have been suspended

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Brief | 11 April 2025

Invasive weed is threatening life in Joburg dams

Kariba weed on the surfaces of the dams could kill the indigenous ecosystems

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News | 11 April 2025

Landmark judgment on evictions in Johannesburg

City ordered to pay compensation to owner of “hijacked” building because of delay in providing alternative accommodation to residents

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Law | 10 April 2025

Call for African Rainbow Minerals to stop selling coal to Israel

Two ships carrying South African coal are due to arrive in Israel

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News | 4 April 2025

Joburg ice skater brings gold medal back from Special Olympics in Italy

Naledi Hlalele was one of six athletes who represented South Africa at the international winter games earlier in March

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News | 31 March 2025

A thriving black market for medicines has emerged in Joburg

Immigrants shunned by clinics resort to buying unregulated medicines from illegal vendors

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News | 31 March 2025

Disabled man’s bucket urinal system keeps Joburg streets clean

Thabo Khumalo makes R70 a day renting out his buckets to passers-by

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Photo Essay | 28 March 2025

Hundreds march to Johannesburg mayor’s office demanding houses

Many say they have been waiting 30 years for government housing

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Brief | 27 March 2025