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Cooked: the precarious life of informal traders in a heating world
EXTREME EXPOSURE

Cooked: the precarious life of informal traders in a heating world

Hawkers are the life force of a city’s informal economy. Those trading in Durban’s muggy inner city are exposed to boiler room conditions. Solutions to protecting them from extreme heat remain largely in policy documents, not tangible actions.

By Leonie Joubert
16 JUNE 50 YEARS LATER

What the youth are marching for in our 32-year-old democracy

By Daniélle Schaafsma
What the youth are marching for in our 32-year-old democracy
CARTOON

Taught a lesson

By Nathi and UBUNTOONS
Taught a lesson
OPINIONISTA

SA’s inconvenient truth: What the generation of 1976 paid for has not been realised

By Tebogo Suping
SA’s inconvenient truth: What the generation of 1976 paid for has not been realised
OPINIONISTA

Western Cape school placement without consultation undermines parents’ right to administrative justice

By Yolisa Piliso and Chandre Stuurman
Yolisa Piliso
Chandre Stuurman
Deputy minister proposes replacing NSFAS with direct Treasury funding
HIGHER EDUCATION

Deputy minister proposes replacing NSFAS with direct Treasury funding

By Siyabonga Goni and Takudzwa Pongweni
Wading through all the mumbo jumbo to just get back to basics
EDUCATION

Wading through all the mumbo jumbo to just get back to basics

By Mark Potterton
Beyond ‘best before’ — Sabs unveils landmark draft plan to tackle food waste crisis
NATIONAL STANDARD

Beyond ‘best before’ — Sabs unveils landmark draft plan to tackle food waste crisis

By Daniélle Schaafsma
Reflections as vice-chancellor and principal at the University of the Free State
SPONSORED CONTENT

Reflections as vice-chancellor and principal at the University of the Free State

By University of the Free State
Did US aid cuts break the things we need most for the lenacapavir roll-out?
SPOTLIGHT

Did US aid cuts break the things we need most for the lenacapavir roll-out?

By Amy Green for Spotlight
More than 119,000 South African teachers still not vetted for sexual offences
SEXUAL OFFENDERS

More than 119,000 South African teachers still not vetted for sexual offences

By Siyabonga Goni
Life support: KZN education gets a R2bn fix that won't stop the bleeding
FINANCIAL CRISIS

Life support: KZN education gets a R2bn fix that won't stop the bleeding

By Takudzwa Pongweni
REGULATORY REFORM

Breaking the compliance deadlock holding back early learning centres in Cape Town

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
Breaking the compliance deadlock holding back early learning centres in Cape Town
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026

‘No one is above the law’ — DA Ekurhuleni candidate outlines five key promises

By Naledi Mashishi
‘No one is above the law’ — DA Ekurhuleni candidate outlines five key promises
IDENTITY CRISIS

Late registration of birth applicants fight for documents 10 months after fire destroyed records

By Tamsin Metelerkamp and Daniélle Schaafsma
Late registration of birth applicants fight for documents 10 months after fire destroyed records
LEARNING CURVE

How a classroom programme is tackling maths gaps and youth unemployment in SA

By Takudzwa Pongweni
CARTOON

World Cup goals

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS
SPOTLIGHT

Meet the Nigerian oncologist helping to fight cancer in KZN and across Africa

By Biénne Huisman
OPINIONISTA

Have a heart for those fellow Africans now desperately fleeing our country

By Mark Heywood
Proposed school history syllabus focuses on Africa as the main story, not a sidebar to Western history
PERSPECTIVES REVISITED

Proposed school history syllabus focuses on Africa as the main story, not a sidebar to Western history

The move from the old curriculum is contentious, but is also a necessary and useful redirection.

By Sarah Godsell, Neo Lekgotla laga Ramoupi, Paul Maluleka, Bongani Shabangu and Johan Wasserman
FOOD BASKET

Water crisis: floods, drought, and a pricier basket of food

By Lillian Roberts
Bhekisisa

Why storms that used to happen every 50 years are hitting more often

By Linda Pretorius and Karen Harkema
Policy Paralysis

After three years without a national food plan, civil society demands answers

By Daniélle Schaafsma
HEALTHCARE

Grounded: how broken roads and broken promises keep Xhora Mouth waiting for ambulances

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
Unpacking the HIV jab that could dramatically reduce new infections
SPOTLIGHT

Unpacking the HIV jab that could dramatically reduce new infections

By Marcus Low and Elri Voigt for Spotlight
LISTEN: Season 3 of Maverick Citizen podcast ‘What’s Eating Us?’
Maverick Citizen

LISTEN: Season 3 of Maverick Citizen podcast ‘What’s Eating Us?’

By Lillian Roberts
Why pharmacists still can’t prescribe ARVs, months after court gave the green light
SPOTLIGHT

Why pharmacists still can’t prescribe ARVs, months after court gave the green light

By Catherine Tomlinson for Spotlight
Ebola may have spread beyond Africa — here’s how health authorities are responding
THE CONVERSATION

Ebola may have spread beyond Africa — here’s how health authorities are responding

By Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, Holly Seale and Saiful Islam
The Eastern Cape foundation helping the forgotten get their identity papers and their humanity
IDENTITY CRISIS

The Eastern Cape foundation helping the forgotten get their identity papers and their humanity

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

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