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Gcina Ntsaluba

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Gcina Ntsaluba

Gcina Ntsaluba works from Johannesburg. Investigative journalist, Researcher, Writer

Equipped: A woman looks around in the Michaelis Art Library within the Johannesburg City
Library on 9 August 2025. Photo: OUR CITY NEWS/James Oatway

How funding apartheid fails young library users

Lack of funds prevent provinces from carrying out their mandate to manage public library services

Louis Pepping is accused of raping a six-year from Ngobozana village in Lusikisiki. Photo supplied

Former education employee accused of raping child laughs as witnesses testify in court

Louis Pepping’s trial was moved from Lusikisiki to the Mthata high court because of fears that angry residents would attack the courthouse.

Music lovers in for treat at Encounters documentary festival

Arguably the most anticipated African film, ‘Music Is My Life’ is a standout selection for this year’s festival and it hits all the right notes

Book Review: ‘Now You Know How Mapetla Died’

Historian and author Zikhona Valela unravels the life and death of Black Consciousness activist Mapetla Mohapi, who died in detention in 1976

Britain has been on a strict diet of austerity measures that curbed spending and raised taxes in the wake of the financial crisis. (Justin Tallis/AFP)

Post-Brexit, SA has an ideal opportunity to rethink its links with the UK and China

South Africa can trade on the current economic and political malaise to re-establish its industrial prowess

Was Roger Kebble haunted by the pain of injustice?

In 2010, Brett Kebble’s father bemoaned the lack of action taken against his son’s killers in an interview with the M&G.

How SA company oiled Iran’s war machine

How SA company oiled Iran’s war machine

A company co-owned by a close aide to PW Botha helped Iran evade American sanctions by sneaking a James Bond-style speedboat through South Africa.

Pastures, meadows and rangelands are often perceived as “land frontiers” that are of little value until they are transformed by human hands. File photo

Not yet uhuru in the Richtersveld

In 2007 the Northern Cape’s Richtersveld community won its celebrated case to secure reparations for the diamond fields it lost in colonial times.

Mystery of Aurora corpses

Mystery of Aurora corpses

Uncertainty shrouds the cause of death of four men — allegedly illegal miners — whose bodies were found on Thursday in an underground in a mine.

Train assault underscores xenophobia fears

Train assault underscores xenophobia fears

"I don’t know how many people lifted me off my seat and threw me off the train," said Reason Wandi, a traumatised 26-year-old Zimbabwean.

Jo’burg ‘fleeced’ by waste contractor

Jo’burg’s waste management company, Pikitup, is bleeding millions in a contract with a company booted out of a separate R28-million municipal tender.

High noon in Dunoon

High noon in Dunoon

Some in Cape Town needed only the exit of Bafana Bafana from the tournament last week Tuesday to begin the xenophobic hatred.

Kebble questions that need to be answered

Kebble questions that need to be answered

Two people are especially interested in the Brett Kebble murder trial, due to start on July 26: Brett’s father, Roger, and Piet Byleveld.

Danny Jordaan’s brother cashes in on 2010

Danny Jordaan’s brother cashes in on 2010

World Cup chief organiser Danny Jordaan is not the only member of his family to benefit from the tournament.

Officials lock antlers over sable import saga

The senior official who blocked the importation of rare Zambian sable antelope in a deal backed by the agriculture minister, is facing demotion.

Bucking the system

Bucking the system

Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson flexed her muscles to push for the import of antelope for a company linked to an aide’s boyfriend.

Cape Town’s clean-up

Tensions are running high in Cape Town over the city’s apparent relocation of poor and homeless people to Blikkiesdorp on the Cape Flats.

Stadium show must go on

Mpumalanga provincial authorities started building the province’s 2010 stadium on the 118ha piece of land two years ago without actually owning it.

Community duped out of prime ground

Three of Mpumalanga’s most influential MECs met Matsafeni community leaders in a series of secret meetings last week in a bid to convince them to sign away land for a 2010 World…