OUR CITY NEWS 16 January 2026 Contentious traps, a human food addiction and the ‘daddy’ factor — why Joburg is losing its war on rats By Shaun Smillie 4 min 1
ANCIENT KNOW-HOW 14 January 2026 KZN team finds ‘oldest evidence’ of arrow poison use by humans on 60,000-year-old arrowheads By Shaun Smillie 5 min 1
TANGLED FOOD WEB 14 December 2025 Endangered dolphin’s diet shift provides worrying hint about SA coastal waters’ health By Shaun Smillie 5 min 0
THUG LIFE 28 October 2025 ‘My job is to shoot’ — guns blaze in Westbury as rival gangs battle for turf By Shaun Smillie 7 min 0
GROUNDUP 30 September 2024 Universal grant would create jobs and boost economy, KZN experiment finds By Shaun Smillie 4 min 11
FUNDING APPEAL 21 July 2024 Highgate Hotel shooting survivor Neville Beling in desperate need of help By Shaun Smillie 6 min 0
ROAD TO 2024 ELECTIONS 28 May 2024 How party manifestos tackle the plight of children and where activists say they fall short By Shaun Smillie 6 min 0
ROADS TO ELECTIONS 2024 23 May 2024 Party manifestos give LGBTQIA+ community short thrift, say activists amid fears rights may be reversed By Shaun Smillie 5 min 3
ROAD TO 2024 ELECTIONS ANALYSIS 21 May 2024 Political party manifestos say very little about the current media crisis — why? By Shaun Smillie 5 min 0
ROAD TO 2024 ELECTIONS 12 May 2024 Manifestos on tackling GBV — not much beyond ‘knee-jerk reactions’ pandering to populism, say experts By Shaun Smillie 7 min 0
PUB SHOOTING 18 April 2024 Highgate Massacre — NPA to hold inquest 31 years later, families hopeful but under ‘no illusions’ By Shaun Smillie 4 min 8
GROUNDUP SPECIAL REPORT 15 February 2024 Unemployment, allure of cash sees spike in SA drug mules held in foreign jails By Shaun Smillie 5 min 0
