Take me to the river: baptisms in Joburg’s polluted water
Years of systemic failures have poisoned the Klip River
By Seth Thorne
News | 3 April 2026
How fuel hikes impact the price of bread
Record diesel prices will increase food production costs
Chart by The Outlier. Text by Jacques Malherbe.
Charts | 3 April 2026
Over 300 judgments outstanding for more than six months
Some matters have been outstanding for more than four years
News | 2 April 2026
Nigel families waiting 30 years for promised RDP homes
About 100 households still live in shacks in Alra Park while their neighbours on either side live in completed RDP houses
Brief | 2 April 2026
Police torture case provisionally withdrawn
State fails to provide an interpreter for Juma Igiraneza
News | 2 April 2026
Soldiers hit the streets of Mitchells Plain a day after a shooting
Homes were searched for firearms in Beacon Valley
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Brief | 1 April 2026
Water corruption: hundreds of cases referred for prosecution, but no arrests
MPs concerned that criminals are getting away with large-scale fraud and corruption over water and sanitation projects
News | 1 April 2026
Salt River market families told to leave
About 21 households remain on the site earmarked for social housing
News | 1 April 2026
City of Cape Town housing project has backyarders up in arms
Ravensmead backyarders fear they are being sidelined
News | 1 April 2026
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Waiting for decades, and the system stands still: Housing backlog
For many applicants on the council housing waiting list, time does not move forward; it circles bac… Read more
Cable theft is the elephant in this room: Shosholoza Meyl
Almost the entire rail network was electrified decades ago, and with the price of diesel skyrocketi… Read more
Good work done by Mathsmoms
It was so heartening to read about what moms are doing to help our children improve their Maths and… Read more