3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (490+ words) Raw sewage spills onto a railway line running through Merebank, south of Durban, leaving a foul stench and frustrating residents for months. Disgruntled Merebank residents are urging the eThekwini Municipality to repair a broken sewer pipeline beneath the M4 freeway, affecting…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (720+ words) Heritage is more than something to preserve, argues Tsakani Nkombyane—it can inspire South African businesses, products and ideas that compete in global markets. On September 24, traditional attire and braai smoke mark Heritage Day across South Africa. While it seems…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (533+ words) Athol Williams became one of South Africa's best-known state-capture whistleblowers after providing the State Capture Commission with a roughly 700-page affidavit. Image: Athol Williams | Facebook South Africa is moving to strengthen protection for whistleblowers as OUTA launches a campaign documenting…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (343+ words) Eskom more than doubled operating profit in its 2026 financial year and has made strides in addressing corporate governance issues that have bedevilled its operations in previous years. The government’s power utility, Eskom, has announced a R30.3 billion profit for the second…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (539+ words) Image: Vije Vijendranath | Unsplash South Africa’s sharp September diesel increase could add to food-price pressures as higher transport costs move through the country’s heavily road-dependent supply chain, although the eventual impact on grocery bills may be relatively limited. Diesel is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (436+ words) On 26 January 2023, Mpho Phalatse, Johannesburg's first black woman executive mayor and a medical doctor who had campaigned on competence and clean government, was removed from office by a motion of no confidence. That's the real story behind every mayoral election…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (726+ words) May we reject xenophobia without dismissing legitimate public concerns. May we strengthen immigration management while defending human dignity. May we enforce the law without surrendering our humanity. “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (881+ words) South Africa has closed its temporary repatriation centre in Musina after a sharp decline in the number of undocumented migrants requiring processing, with 48,948 foreign nationals having passed through the facility, the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration said Tuesday. Image: RAJESH JANTILAL…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (781+ words) Rajesh Ramnunan and his wife, Jennifer Ramnunan. When floods destroy homes, when families struggle to put food on the table, or when elderly residents are left without basic necessities, help can sometimes appear out of reach. For Rajesh Ramnunan, 50, such…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (889+ words) Gcotyelwa Jimlongo is a political campaigns researcher at the Political Campaigns Resource Hub, a subsidiary of the International Centre for Political Campaigns. When the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) told Parliament that the Constitution of Zimbabwe (Amendment No. 3) Bill, 2026, is…...