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Protestors gather outside the Thokoza SASSA branch, claiming that officials have been insisting on bribes starting at R50.

One of the world’s most spectacular marine migrations is the KwaZulu-Natal sardine run.

Three2Six educates refugee children unable to access government schools due to a lack of documentation, but there are still hundreds on the waiting list.

South African Sign Language is also officially recognised as a home language in schools. Since 2015 it’s offered as a subject from preschool until the final year of high school.

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and long-standing election observers have called for more civil society and faith-based organisations to sign-up members as election observers ahead of the 1 November 2021 Municipal Elections.

In the last decade inequality has been placed at the centre of the agenda for global social and economic policy.

South Africa has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world. This was true even before unemployment increased as a result of the global financial crisis in 2008. And before COVID-19.

The City of Cape Town aims to prevent unlawful occupation and is buckling down on the homeless living in tents on public ground.

Hundreds of thousands are still dying of AIDS and 1.5 million people were newly infected last year. AIDS remains a crisis and COVID-19 is making it worse.

Protestors gather outside the civic centre in Cape Town as a new by-law is passed that aims to protect land from illegal occupation.

South Africa’s daily rate of new infections has been on a steady decline for some time. But, truth be told, a fourth wave is probably just on the horizon – and a fifth, and a sixth, and a seventh. This ...

Poor infrastructure and overcrowding are a problem in Eastern Cape schools and parents are asking for answers from the department.

The cows kept by small-scale farmers in Africa are notoriously unproductive. The average dairy cow, for example, produces about 540 litres of milk per lactation.

A new law passed in July should allow the Information Regulator (IR) to enforce transparency of information according to PAIA.

In little more than a year from the onset of COVID-19, scientists successfully developed vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus for world-wide use.

A reclaimer during the week but over the weekend's Sensei Nkonde teaches Sowetan youths at his Orlando West Karate Development Academy.

Whistle-blowing is one of the mechanisms used to deter corruption. It plays a role in encouraging accountability, transparency and high standards of governance in both the private sector and public institutions.

In mid-September the UK government announced a change to the three lists: the amber and green colours were replaced with one “OK to travel” category.

The coal sector employs 92,230 people and annual earnings are R27.9 billion (about US$2 billion). But the industry is causing severe environmental challenges.

SASSA says only 8 million of the 13 million people who applied for the R350 grant were approved.

New gas power ships could kill fish and various marine life, threatening the livelihoods of local fishing communities and their environment.

The Robben Island Museum was started in the early 1990s as South Africa achieved political freedom and was setting out to reinvent itself. It was a highly symbolic part of the once-in-generation process of national rebirth.

Contrary to what misinformers claim, the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine does give you protection against Covid, and a second dose gives even more.

State-owned enterprises are companies in which government owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the shares. Worldwide, states own 10% of the largest companies. In South Africa, state-owned enterprises play a significant role in the important sectors of mining, ...