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Latest OR Tambo International Airport cocaine bust exposes Brazil-SA drug smuggling route

TRANSNATIONAL TRAFFICKING

Latest OR Tambo International Airport cocaine bust exposes Brazil-SA drug smuggling route

By Caryn Dolley

Proteas show early hand, riding the winning momentum into Newlands decider

CARRYING CONFIDENCE

Proteas show early hand, riding the winning momentum into Newlands decider

By Craig Ray

Apartheid chain of command: ‘I know everything,’ Eugene de Kock tells TRC inquiry

TRC Roulette

Apartheid chain of command: ‘I know everything,’ Eugene de Kock tells TRC inquiry

By Marianne Thamm

Inside the big shiny plan to change how local government works

ANALYSIS

Inside the big shiny plan to change how local government works

By Stephen Grootes

Watch – Top Court puts ANC candidates back on ballot after missed deadline

VIDEO

Watch – Top Court puts ANC candidates back on ballot after missed deadline

By Lerato Mutsila and Tamsin Metelerkamp

Ekurhuleni after dark — unlit streets, empty promises and women’s lives on the line

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK

Ekurhuleni after dark — unlit streets, empty promises and women’s lives on the line

By Reitumetse Pilane

‘This thing is killing us’ — Bronkhorstspruit bears the cost of Tshwane’s water failures

NOT A DROP

‘This thing is killing us’ — Bronkhorstspruit bears the cost of Tshwane’s water failures

By Jamie Ho

IEC under fire after unqualified sign language interpreter used at election workshop

SIGNS OF INCOMPETENCE

IEC under fire after unqualified sign language interpreter used at election workshop

By Vicky Abraham

SA’s Presidency website taken down as cybersecurity flaw sparks warnings across the world

OFFLINE

SA’s Presidency website taken down as cybersecurity flaw sparks warnings across the world

By Caryn Dolley

Universities have policies to protect GBV victims, experts say, but not the will

CAMPUS SAFETY

Universities have policies to protect GBV victims, experts say, but not the will

By Siyabonga Goni

Art, justice and Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Celebrating 30 years of the Constitutional Court

CONSTITUTION @ 30

Art, justice and Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Celebrating 30 years of the Constitutional Court

By J Brooks Spector

Maiden Formula One title in sight for phenom Kimi Antonelli

TITLE BECKONS

Maiden Formula One title in sight for phenom Kimi Antonelli

By Annemieke Thomaidis

SA double murderer ‘with racist alter ego’ may lose US citizenship over lies

REPEAT CONVICT

SA double murderer ‘with racist alter ego’ may lose US citizenship over lies

By Caryn Dolley

Titanic Temba Bavuma inspires a Proteas win for the ages against Australia

TEST BRILLIANCE

Titanic Temba Bavuma inspires a Proteas win for the ages against Australia

By Craig Ray

Watch - Ramaphosa’s reform message as polls show continued ANC decline

VIDEO

Watch - Ramaphosa’s reform message as polls show continued ANC decline

By Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya

High court sets aside multibillion-rand ARV contracts over procurement irregularities

GROUNDUP

High court sets aside multibillion-rand ARV contracts over procurement irregularities

By Tania Broughton for GroundUp

Mob beats immigrant man to death in central Durban

GROUNDUP

Mob beats immigrant man to death in central Durban

By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko

Suliman Carrim’s legal woes deepen as Absa vehicle smuggling allegations emerge

IN THE DOCK

Suliman Carrim’s legal woes deepen as Absa vehicle smuggling allegations emerge

By Vincent Cruywagen

Media wins as court reopens trial of Zuma-linked spy in R12m fraud case

PRESS FREEDOM

Media wins as court reopens trial of Zuma-linked spy in R12m fraud case

By Lunga Simelane

Tibet’s exile government asks Pretoria for protection, SA says leave it to SAPS

ARSON ATTACK

Tibet’s exile government asks Pretoria for protection, SA says leave it to SAPS

By Peter Fabricius

Life as an asylum seeker in SA’s broken immigration system

GROUNDUP

Life as an asylum seeker in SA’s broken immigration system

By Joseph Chirume and GroundUp Staff