CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH: 3-9 MARCH Women’s Day, unpacking the Paris Agreement’s future, tackling JHB’s water crisis and other events in civil society 3 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
UNDER REVIEW Things can’t stay the same, says deputy minister — underscoring the urgency of transforming SA’s criminal justice system 3 min 0 By Michelle Banda
STUDENT SUPPORT NSFAS board finally appointed in effort to fix financial and governance crises 5 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
WATER WOES Outa urges City of Johannesburg to triple water budget amid escalating crisis 5 min 2 By Julia Evans
COSTLY FAILURE Roads agency Sanral faces R28bn debt linked to Gauteng’s scuppered e-tolls 3 min 2 By Ray Mahlaka
WORLD WATER MONITORING DAY In the face of SA's water pollution crisis, pessimism is a luxury we cannot afford, says activist 5 min 2 By Julia Evans
STUDENT FUNDING NSFAS set to leave R2m-a-month Cape Town offices after minister moves to terminate lease 3 min 2 By Siyabonga Goni
POWER STRUGGLE Impoverished Joburgers buckle under new monthly R200 prepaid meter fixed electricity surcharge 7 min 37 By Nonkululeko Njilo
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 15 APRIL — 21 APRIL This week — Discussions on basic income in SA, Joburg crisis summit, and Dullah Omar Memorial Lecture 4 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY SA’s blue-light spending spree on political VIPs ‘is jeopardising visible policing and crime-fighting' 9 min 13 By Vincent Cruywagen
LETTER FROM THE DM168 EDITOR South Africa’s political own goal water crisis is nothing short of criminal 4 min 18 By Heather Robertson
ANALYSIS Straight Outa E-tolls — important lessons from the first taxpayer revolt in democratic SA 5 min 36 By Stephen Grootes
ROAD TO 2024 ELECTIONS Funding furore: Opposition parties urge Ramaphosa to reject ‘unconstitutional’ Electoral Matters Amendment Bill 4 min 0 By Suné Payne
HIGHWAY TRAVAILS Inside the Gauteng government's scramble to end the e-toll system 5 min 12 By Nonkululeko Njilo
WEBINAR How to effectively dispute municipal billing discrepancies — experts 6 min 6 By Takudzwa Pongweni
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 29 JANUARY — 4 FEBRUARY This week — Symposium on international law and The People’s Hearing on Energy Profiteers 4 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
STUDENT FUNDING FIASCO NSFAS blames universities for failure to pay students as promised 4 min 24 By Georgina Crouth
SCHEME EXTENSION Nzimande announces NSFAS acting chair and additional R3.8bn for ‘missing middle’ 4 min 12 By Naledi Sikhakhane
EXPLAINER: NSFAS FIASCO How NSFAS tapes knocked Blade Nzimande against the ropes 4 min 22 By Georgina Crouth
TAPED Calls for action after recordings expose alleged cosy relationship between Blade Nzimande, NSFAS chair Ernest Khosa and service providers 11 min 45 By Georgina Crouth
DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR The Gauteng water crisis: ‘We can’t waste water we simply don’t have’ 5 min 2 By Naledi Sikhakhane