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Research shows that starting sex education at a young age can decrease the number of gender-based violence cases and teenage pregnancies. (Oupa Nkosi)
GBV

Gender-based violence: Private sector the missing link

A new report, with the input of survivors of GBV and business executives, suggests the private sector is crucial to combat the crime

  • Eunice Masson
5 min read
Former Minister of Public Enterprises Malusi Gigaba.
CENTRALISING

How to keep SAA, PetroSA, Eskom away from politicians

The state capture report reveals a governance crisis at state-owned entities. Experts weigh in on how this came to be and what to do about it.

  • Anathi Madubela
6 min read
ANC

ANC must not use Zondo commission to settle internal scores, says Mantashe

The ruling party’s chairperson says the findings of the inquiry into state capture should be used to rebuild the ANC rather than prosecute its leaders

  • Lizeka Tandwa
2 min read
Criminal sanctions for professional enablers are vital to changing the way of doing business that facilitates and encourages corruption. (Photo by Gallo Images / Sowetan / Alon Skuy)
CIVIL SOCIETY

Interest groups welcome Zondo commission report, but want concrete action

Lobby groups and political parties said there should be consequences for those implicated

  • Anathi Madubela
4 min read
(Cape Town Metro Emergency Medical Services)
BREACH

‘Systems were working as intended’ – department of public works and infrastructure

The joint standing committee on the financial management of parliament met about preliminary findings on fire damage

  • Anathi Madubela
3 min read
Double check: Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo wants two versions of the final report on state capture, a shorter one for the public and a more detailed version for court cases. Photo: Phill Magakoe/AFP/Getty Images
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

South African public to get a condensed Zondo report

The Human Sciences Research Council will provide a shorter, reader-friendly document

  • Lizeka Tandwa
  • Emsie Ferreira
  • Paddy Harper
  • Khaya Koko
5 min read
Police Minister Bheki Cele. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ALAN WINDE

Report arrests Cele’s claims of Western Cape having most policing resources in South Africa

According to the annual report, there is a shortage of 548 detectives in the province, and one detective deals with between 40 and 60 cases

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
Industrialised nations often ship their waste to poorer countries under the premise of recyclability, fuelling industries that harm local populations
ANGELO LOUW

Plastic pollution a huge threat to marginalised groups, UN report finds

Industrialised nations often ship their waste to poorer countries under the premise of recyclability, fuelling industries that harm local populations

  • Chris Gilili
4 min read
Governments across sub-Saharan Africa violently pursue exiles abroad. Democracies must push back. (John McCann/M&G)
ASSASSINATIONS

The Africans in exile who live in fear of transnational repression

Governments across sub-Saharan Africa violently pursue exiles abroad. Democracies must push back

  • Isabel Linzer
6 min read
Children have to get basic services instead of going to school in Kwazenzele. (Image: Planact)
ALBERT LUTHULI

Mpumalanga municipalities fail to deliver services to informal settlements

The auditor general’s report on local government stated that most councils did not spend their infrastructure development budgets and did not address concerns regarding financial…

  • Chelesile Ndlovu-Nachamba
  • Siphiwe Segodi
3 min read
MARIKANA

Zuma releases Marikana report

President Jacob Zuma on Thursday night read a summary of the report on the Marikana massacre by the Farlam Commission.

  • Phillip De Wet
2 min read