Government
We visited eight boreholes in Cofimvaba: not one of them is operational
Municipal workers accused of stealing vital equipment
News | 6 December 2024
Father’s heartbreaking 15-month search for baby’s body after Marshalltown fire
Broken promises and dashed hopes in Mike Ngulube’s desperate quest to locate Memory’s misplaced body
News | 4 December 2024
“Implausible” 2022 census cost R4-billion
There are serious concerns about the reliability of the census data
By Daniel Steyn
News | 3 December 2024
Public Works Minister: Telkom Towers police HQ a “monument to inefficient management”
A billion rand later, the department will either repurpose the complex or get rid of it
Brief | 15 November 2024
Nelson Mandela Bay mayor targets immigrant-owned spaza shops
“These are politically motivated actions against us. There are many more pressing issues facing this city.”
Brief | 13 November 2024
Mamelodi residents struggle to claim UIF as labour office closed
The department says it shut the offices out of safety concerns in August after sporadic service delivery protests
Brief | 4 November 2024
Ivaldo Macamo lost his leg when the George building collapsed. He is still waiting for compensation
Not one of the families we spoke to has received any payout
By Daniel Steyn
News | 30 October 2024
African Penguins now officially “critically endangered”
The bird is facing rapid population decline from competition with commercial fisheries and climate-mediated shifts in prey populations
By John Yeld
News | 29 October 2024
How government abandoned a multi-million-rand community dairy farm
After catastrophic floods, Minister Nomakhosazana Meth introduced a mysterious investor to the farm without any due diligence
By Daniel Steyn and Joseph Chirume
Feature | 16 October 2024