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Unsafe supply: Qwa Qwa residents use river water to do their laundry. They also collect water from the river for their homes. Photo Delwyn Verasamy

No freedom without water

Across South Africa, communities are marking Freedom Day under the weight of an escalating water crisis, where unreliable supply, contamination and ageing infrastructure continue…

Hands on: Dada Morero, third from left, and officials on a site visit to assess the water crisis plaguing Johannesburg residents.

Billions needed to sort water crisis

Joburg’s Dada Morero assured residents that the city would not implement water-shedding in the same way South Africans endured load-shedding

Culpable homicide: The Quantum was allegedly attempting to overtake
four vehicles when it collided head-on with an oncoming truck. Twelve
learners were killed. Photo: Timothy Bernard/Independent Newspapers

Deadly Vaal ride to school

No single institution carries end to end accountability for ensuring a child’s journey to school is safe, leading to lethal consequences

Ayanda Dludla was the driver of the minibus that  was involved an an accident and led to the death of 14 children.

Driver in fatal Vanderbijlpark crash charged with murder

Twenty-two year-old Ayanda Dludla also faces three counts of attempted murder, as well as charges of driving without a valid professional permit and operating an unlicensed vehicle

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Student wins institutional bullying battle after racism claim at private varsity

The student says that, after she was abused and belittled, instead of addressing the claims, the college launched disciplinary proceedings against her

Mess: Comparisons are often drawn between Midvaal and the badly run Emfuleni municipality next door. Photos: Delwyn Verasamy

For Emfuleni residents, life is a daily grind of service delivery failures

The ANC-run municipality refuses to accept blame, accusing some residents of paying for DStv, servicing clothing accounts and drinking expensive alcohol instead of paying their…

Its failure to protect artisanal miners in Stilfontein shows that it is toothless and needs an overhaul to address structural weaknesses. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

The Human Rights Commission is not fulfilling its mandate

Its failure to protect artisanal miners in Stilfontein shows that it is toothless and needs an overhaul to address structural weaknesses

In the run-up to the 2021 local government elections, the Makana Citizens Front challenged corruption and dysfunction in  the municipality rather than try to collapse state institutions. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Makana is not ripe for anarchy

Instead of replacing state capacity with grassroots action, we need to strengthen state institutions to serve the poor

Sewage flows in Scotts Farm, Makhanda (2024). Photo: Lucas Nowicki

Makhanda the poster child for municipal collapse

The cause goes beyond corruption and incapacity to dysfunctional centralised, bureaucratic rule. The solution lies in decentralised, participatory and direct democratic forms of…

EFF leader Julius Malema. Photo by Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

EFF to appeal Equality Court hate speech ruling against Malema

The court found Julius Malema guilty of hate speech for remarks at a 2022 rally in Cape Town

Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Two days left for Gayton McKenzie to respond to K-word allegations

The Human Rights Commission has given the sport, arts and culture minister until 20 August to respond to old social media posts allegedly containing racial slurs

Members of Operation Dudula prevented people from other African countries from using South African health facilities. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

ActionSA pushes for constitutional change as Operation Dudula  targets migrants at clinics

The Human Rights Commission and legal experts say the Constitution, the National Health Act, the UN Refugee Convention and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights…

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How misuse of the sub judice rule undermines democracy and free speech

There is a growing trend of public officials exploiting the rule to evade scrutiny and accountability

Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), during the party’s manifesto launch in Durban, South Africa, on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. Photo: Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Give us land, we will vote for you, Phoenix residents tell Malema

The Economic Freedom Fighters leader criticised the NHI Act, arguing that the government was outsourcing its responsibility

Friends and family attend the mass symbolic funeral service for the 21 children who died at the Enyobeni Tavern in Scenary Park on July 06, 2022 in East London, South Africa.(Photo by Felix Dlangamandla/Daily Maverick/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Human Rights Commission highlights failure to protect children in Enyobeni Tavern case

The commission released its final investigative report into the alcohol-related tragedy that claimed 21 young people’s lives in Buffalo City in 2022 This content is restricted to…

The #FeesMustFall protests demonstrated the burden of higher education in South Africa, a concept institutions contend with annually.

Higher education state policy needs urgent assessment

This is made evident by corruption at universities, assassination attempts, the failure of the students funding scheme, and the Mpati report on governance quality and racial…

Former South African President Jacob Zuma. (Photo by Themba Hadebe / POOL / AFP)

No evidence that jailing of Zuma caused July 2021 unrest, says SAHRC

The riots and the imprisonment of the former president coincided, and the unrest was orchestrated, but there was also no proof of who the masterminds were This content is…

Report finds KZN water rights marred by corruption, inequality and neglect

The South African Human Rights Commission also details how officials show ‘contempt’ for citizens with water complaints

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UPDATED: Cape Town pub cleared after police probe but racism case still before court

Hank’s Olde Irish will now pursue civil and criminal litigation against the accusers

Questions over NFP MP Shaik Emam’s role in ‘coloured’ discrimination claim

Organisers say the R20 collected from each participant will go towards the costs of the R4.5m per person claim