South Africa’s illicit gold trade is lucrative and controlled by gangs
Feature | 28 November 2024
“They wanted us to go and rescue these guys, but it’s impossible.”
Feature | 21 November 2024
Zama zamas search for gold in a vast and unmapped underground network of tunnels
Feature | 19 November 2024
About a thousand Zama zamas have already been brought to the surface
Text by Kimberly Mutandiro. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
Photo Essay | 15 November 2024
They staged a sit-in strike over unpaid employee share ownership scheme funds. But the company says they do not qualify yet.
Brief | 6 June 2024
Tharisa Mines is trying to gag us, say Oridile Kgatea and Rodney Kotsedi
Law | 1 May 2024
The ward councillor took refuge in a house and refused to come out, fearing for his life.
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 25 July 2023
Hundreds of Itireleng village residents depend on one communal tank for water
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 7 July 2023
Family and a friend of William Huma are directors of the company that got the grant
News | 18 May 2023
Municipalities’ water and sanitation failure violates Constitution, SAHRC finds
News | 8 May 2023
Part one in a series about the Southern African Youth Movement and the Lottery
News | 12 December 2022
For years Madibeng Municipality has said it will fix Itireleng’s main thoroughfare, but nothing has been done
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 29 November 2022
Judge finds that “insufficient steps were taken to safeguard the learners”
News | 17 October 2022
Water and Sanitation Department says long-awaited Mogogelo bulk water project has finally been completed
News | 12 October 2022
Lottery grant was meant to rebuild a Limpopo school that burned down during protests
Feature | 28 July 2022
Water supply restored after Madibeng Municipality settles R155-million of its enormous debt to the City of Tshwane
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 26 July 2022