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Formula firms targeting healthcare workers to shape feeding advice

MEDICAL ETHICS

Formula firms targeting healthcare workers to shape feeding advice

By Iman Allie

Maties students launching free marketplace website to stop campus scams

SAFE TRADING

Maties students launching free marketplace website to stop campus scams

By Siyabonga Goni

Food waste in SA could be slashed by fixing one missing ingredient

HIDDEN LOSSES

Food waste in SA could be slashed by fixing one missing ingredient

By Nkgaugelo Kgasago and Clinton Nesengani

By Monja Boonzaier

Grade 1 at age 5: A policy built on unstable foundations

6 August 2026

After HIV, addiction is SA’s biggest battle and it’s being ignored

SPOTLIGHT

After HIV, addiction is SA’s biggest battle and it’s being ignored

By Sue Segar for Spotlight

DBE’s guidelines to protect LGBTQI+ pupils still not done after 7 years

WHY ARE WE WAITING?

DBE’s guidelines to protect LGBTQI+ pupils still not done after 7 years

By Takudzwa Pongweni

Millions wasted on rural white elephant schools with no learners

EMPTY CLASSROOMS

Millions wasted on rural white elephant schools with no learners

By Takudzwa Pongweni

How big food sues governments to keep unhealthy products on shelves

CORPORATE RESISTANCE

How big food sues governments to keep unhealthy products on shelves

By Lillian Roberts

Maladministration

CARTOON

Maladministration

By Nathi and UBUNTOONS

Dee Blackie

By Dee Blackie

Fresh blow to vulnerable neurodiverse kids in battle with Joburg, Gauteng over unpaid bills

3 August 2026

Sipho Mthathi

By Sipho Mthathi

African politics and the widening distance between power and consequence

3 August 2026

How SA aims to keep people with HIV healthier for longer

SPOTLIGHT

How SA aims to keep people with HIV healthier for longer

By Elna Schütz for Spotlight

How hydroponic gardens plant seeds of innovation and women’s empowerment

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

How hydroponic gardens plant seeds of innovation and women’s empowerment

By Iman Allie

Hot showers or supper — tariff hikes hit your food basket

FOOD BASKET

Hot showers or supper — tariff hikes hit your food basket

By Lillian Roberts

More HIV prevention choices may boost user uptake

Bhekisisa

More HIV prevention choices may boost user uptake

By Mia Malan and Linda Pretorius and Karen Hakema

We cannot secure our food future without restoring the natural systems that sustain it

GROWTH VISION OP-ED

We cannot secure our food future without restoring the natural systems that sustain it

By Rirhandzu Marivate

Double-booked hotels, a luxury 49-night estate stay — inside NSFAS boss Mathebula’s R110,000-plus spending

HOTEL SPLURGE

Double-booked hotels, a luxury 49-night estate stay — inside NSFAS boss Mathebula’s R110,000-plus spending

By Siyabonga Goni

Postgraduates sell weed, wigs and vetkoek to beat student funding gaps

ACADEMIC STRUGGLE

Postgraduates sell weed, wigs and vetkoek to beat student funding gaps

By Siyabonga Goni

How cheap junk food and a R560 grant are fuelling stunting and child obesity

NUTRITION EMERGENCY

How cheap junk food and a R560 grant are fuelling stunting and child obesity

By Iman Allie

Gauteng Grade 1 and 8 applications set for August — What parents must know

ADMISSIONS PROCESS

Gauteng Grade 1 and 8 applications set for August — What parents must know

By Takudzwa Pongweni

Teachers overboard

CARTOON

Teachers overboard

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS