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Children go hungry while R336-million for early childhood nutrition remains unspent
CRYING SHAME

Children go hungry while R336-million for early childhood nutrition remains unspent

In 2024, R197-million was budgeted for the Department of Basic Education’s implementation of a pilot nutrition programme for early childhood development centres, going up to R336-million the following financial year. However, stakeholders in the ECD sector report ‘little to nothing’ has been done with the money.

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

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

By Siyabonga Goni
A billion-rand blunder — inside NSFAS’s suspicious student housing outsourcing saga
BIOSECURITY

Vaccination delays expose inefficiencies in SA’s FMD response system

By Daniélle Schaafsma
Vaccination delays expose inefficiencies in SA’s FMD response system
BHEKISISA

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

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

Delayed diagnosis of hearing loss undermining child development in SA

By Hannah Abrahams for Spotlight
Delayed diagnosis of hearing loss undermining child development in SA
Men’s crisis of identity is putting the brakes on gender equality
OPINIONISTA

Men’s crisis of identity is putting the brakes on gender equality

By Zukiswa Pikoli
Slow pandemic: Next global health crisis has already begun with quiet spread of antimicrobial resistance
OPINIONISTA

Slow pandemic: Next global health crisis has already begun with quiet spread of antimicrobial resistance

By Rowen Govender
National Health Laboratory Service system out of action, causing ‘massive disruptions’ to health facilities
PATIENT CARE

National Health Laboratory Service system out of action, causing ‘massive disruptions’ to health facilities

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
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
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
474-day ruling delay in Phala Phala case highlights ConCourt’s growing inefficiency
JUDICIAL OVERLOAD

474-day ruling delay in Phala Phala case highlights ConCourt’s growing inefficiency

By Dianne Hawker-Kalubi
Fed on crumbs
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Fed on crumbs

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS
LEGACY HONOURED

Remembering Sharpeville is a cue to continue the struggle against ‘rampant’ racism

By Lillian Roberts
Remembering Sharpeville is a cue to continue the struggle against ‘rampant’ racism
BIOSECURITY

Fears mount that provincial budget allocations are insufficient to combat foot-and-mouth disease outbreak

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
Fears mount that provincial budget allocations are insufficient to combat foot-and-mouth disease outbreak
When cupboards are bare

Hunger on trial — What two days of testimony revealed about SA’s food crisis

By Daniélle Schaafsma
Hunger on trial — What two days of testimony revealed about SA’s food crisis
HEALTH INEQUITY

Red Cross Children’s Hospital doctor using donated ‘miracle’ cystic fibrosis drug to save lives

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
OPINIONISTA

Iran war threatens southern Africa’s healthcare systems, demands urgent strategic realignment

By Chris Maxon
SPATIAL APARTHEID TRAP

Why SA parents are faking addresses to flee failing schools

By Takudzwa Pongweni
STRESS TEST

The battle for women’s rights in an under-strain multilateral UN system

By Joy Watson
Goodbye Ufrieda Ho, keeper of Jozi and wordsmith of the people
MORAL WITNESS

Goodbye Ufrieda Ho, keeper of Jozi and wordsmith of the people

Journalist Ufrieda Ho passed away from cancer in the early hours of Monday 9 March 2026. She was 52 years old. In a career spanning three decades, she wrote for The Star, Daily Maverick, Spotlight and many other publications. Her memoir Paper Sons and Daughters was published in 2011. Below is a collection of tributes from some of her many friends and colleagues.

By Daily Maverick
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Health Minister Motsoaledi suspends three top officials arrested on R1m fraud, theft charges

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
OPINIONISTA

As gap between constitutional promise and lived reality grows, courts face a defining choice

By Tebelelo Lentsoane
PULMONARY DISEASES

The silent scourge - why poverty drives chronic respiratory illnesses in South Africa

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
OPINIONISTA

Cultivating endurance in the face of political fatigue is essential for justice movements

By Sipho Mthathi
Failed by the law — parents’ desperate search for son ends in shallow stream
GAUTENG

Failed by the law — parents’ desperate search for son ends in shallow stream

By Lerato Mutsila
Reality bites: SA retail giants fall short on access to healthy food — report
NUTRITION CRISIS

Reality bites: SA retail giants fall short on access to healthy food — report

By Lillian Roberts
When training fails — the trauma factor South Africa can’t ignore
TRANSFORMATIVE WORK

When training fails — the trauma factor South Africa can’t ignore

By Deon Snyman
NSFAS acting CEO pushes turnaround plan as Godongwana questions scheme’s very existence
FUNDING REFORM

NSFAS acting CEO pushes turnaround plan as Godongwana questions scheme’s very existence

By Siyabonga Goni
Poverty Pays
CARTOON

Poverty Pays

By Nathi and UBUNTOONS

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