EDITORIAL George building collapse — Time for construction industry to face stricter application of laws 3 min 0 By Daily Maverick
TRAGIC BLAZE ‘We warned you’ — Joburg ignored years of alerts before four Mayfair toddlers died in fire 6 min 5 By Ferial Haffajee
SPOTLIGHT & GROUNDUP These are the children the United States left to die in Mozambique 8 min 17 By Jesse Copelyn for Spotlight and GroundUp
POISON FOR SALE Deadly pesticides still widely available in Joburg despite spaza shop crackdown 6 min 2 By Bheki C. Simelane
EXTREME WEATHER DISASTERS Floods and fierce winds in KZN and EC destroy schools, and lives, delaying exams 4 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
SPOTLIGHT US funding cuts could cause over 150,000 additional HIV infections in SA by 2028 – study 5 min 1 By Jesse Copelyn
INSPIRATIONAL FIGURES Notable deaths of 2024 — honouring lives and legacies that helped shape history 6 min 0 By Shérie Vollenhoven
SHOPPING SAFETY Spaza shop registration extended — but owners still worried about February deadline 5 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
DEADLINE LOOMS Spaza shop owners struggle to re-register before Friday’s deadline 4 min 1 By Bheki C. Simelane
TOXIC FOOD CRISIS Raid of dodgy Cape Town sausage facility sparks call for rigorous spaza, factory food safety checks 4 min 8 By Siyabonga Goni
COMMUNITY GRIEF Five Naledi children honoured as community weeps amid suspected food poisoning cases spike 5 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
POISONING Mystery deepens over East London child deaths as Top Score porridge tests clear 2 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
SOWETO TRAGEDY Probe ongoing as Naledi residents mourn death of 5 children from alleged food poisoning 3 min 1 By Bheki C. Simelane
CAUSES OF DEATH Almost 350 children died of malnutrition in SA during lockdown in 2020 2 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
SPOTLIGHT IN DEPTH What is behind the shocking number of deaths linked to lead poisoning? 8 min 0 By Jesse Copelyn
THE CONVERSATION Diabetes is South Africa’s second-biggest killer disease: hiking the sugar tax would help 5 min 7 By Karen Hofman and Susan Goldstein
CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE Goldman Sachs asks London staff to return to office; South Africa registers 3,962 new cases 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE Israel gives fourth doses as EU warns against frequent boosters; South Africa records 5,668 new cases 7 min 0 By Bloomberg
CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE US regulators approve Pfizer booster for teens: South Africa registers 3,232 new cases 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE Twitter bans Marjorie Taylor Greene for misinformation; South Africa registers 4,379 new cases 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
