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Official reports highlight systemic issues and financial rot at Ekurhuleni special needs school

OVERSIGHT LAPSE

Official reports highlight systemic issues and financial rot at Ekurhuleni special needs school

By Takudzwa Pongweni

Is the Just Transition slipping away? Power imbalances shaping SA’s energy future

CONSENSUS JITTERS

Is the Just Transition slipping away? Power imbalances shaping SA’s energy future

By Lerato Mutsila

‘Malo’: The woman who became a mother to Soweto’s lost children

GRASSROOTS GUARDIAN

‘Malo’: The woman who became a mother to Soweto’s lost children

By Oliver Roberts

A R60 test could help SA find millions more TB patients — but will it miss the most dangerous cases?

BHEKISISA

A R60 test could help SA find millions more TB patients — but will it miss the most dangerous cases?

By Ida Jooste

Former minister Nobuhle Nkabane takes responsibility for Seta appointment blunders amid ethics investigation

AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Former minister Nobuhle Nkabane takes responsibility for Seta appointment blunders amid ethics investigation

By Siyabonga Goni

Susan Purchase

By Susan Purchase

Adolescents are the missing middle falling through the cracks of TB care

25 March 2026

Corporate social responsibility needs to be generational to create true impact

A READ ON THE FUTURE OP-ED

Corporate social responsibility needs to be generational to create true impact

By Neale Hill

‘Nothing about us without us’: Fishers fight TotalEnergies’ exploration plans

LEGAL CHALLENGE

‘Nothing about us without us’: Fishers fight TotalEnergies’ exploration plans

By Lerato Mutsila

Water and gender — Building equitable systems that empower communities and women in SA

WATER EQUITY

Water and gender — Building equitable systems that empower communities and women in SA

By Joyce Moganedi and Ritesh Rughoonandan

UnSafe

CARTOON

UnSafe

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS

‘Constitutional crisis’: Experts flag UIF, data gaps amid rising food insecurity in SA’s stunting scourge

NUTRITION PROBE

‘Constitutional crisis’: Experts flag UIF, data gaps amid rising food insecurity in SA’s stunting scourge

By Daniélle Schaafsma

How a play is teaching SA youth about belonging and identity

STORIES IN MOTION

How a play is teaching SA youth about belonging and identity

By Lillian Roberts

Rights body criticises ministers for dodging accountability in SA's food system inquiry

FOOD CRISIS

Rights body criticises ministers for dodging accountability in SA's food system inquiry

By Daniélle Schaafsma

A billion-rand blunder — inside NSFAS’s suspicious student housing outsourcing saga

AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

A billion-rand blunder — inside NSFAS’s suspicious student housing outsourcing saga

By Siyabonga Goni

Children go hungry while R336m for early childhood nutrition remains unspent

CRYING SHAME

Children go hungry while R336m for early childhood nutrition remains unspent

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

Can South Africa fix its health system before the courts decide its fate?

BHEKISISA

Can South Africa fix its health system before the courts decide its fate?

By Tanya Pampalone, Mia Malan and Anna-Maria van Niekerk

Delayed diagnosis of hearing loss undermining child development in SA

SPOTLIGHT

Delayed diagnosis of hearing loss undermining child development in SA

By Hannah Abrahams for Spotlight

Bringing it home: SA leads the charge to make anti-HIV jab for Africa

BHEKISISA

Bringing it home: SA leads the charge to make anti-HIV jab for Africa

By Mia Malan

The accessibility gap: How poor publishing practices undermine African legal systems

DIGITAL REMEDIES OP-ED

The accessibility gap: How poor publishing practices undermine African legal systems

By Nomahlubi Khwinana and Eileen Carter

Leslie London’s long view on how structural violence poisons bodies and societies

SPOTLIGHT

Leslie London’s long view on how structural violence poisons bodies and societies

By Biénne Huisman for Spotlight

Vaccination delays expose inefficiencies in SA’s FMD response system

BIOSECURITY

Vaccination delays expose inefficiencies in SA’s FMD response system

By Daniélle Schaafsma