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How big food sues governments to keep unhealthy products on shelves
CORPORATE RESISTANCE

How big food sues governments to keep unhealthy products on shelves

Food manufacturers have filed more than 200 lawsuits against governments since 2010, to challenge public health measures that could affect their bottom line. All while Africa is now the most food insecure region in the world and, at the same time, eating cheap, nutrient-poor food continues to rise.

By Lillian Roberts
OPINIONISTA

African politics and the widening distance between power and consequence

By Sipho Mthathi
African politics and the widening distance between power and consequence
OPINIONISTA

Baked-in failure: Your bread is expensive because the state does not work

By Ruben Pretorius
Baked-in failure: Your bread is expensive because the state does not work
SPOTLIGHT

How SA aims to keep people with HIV healthier for longer

By Elna Schütz for Spotlight
How SA aims to keep people with HIV healthier for longer
Maverick Citizen

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

By Lillian Roberts
LISTEN: Season 3 of Maverick Citizen podcast ‘What’s Eating Us?’
Maladministration
CARTOON

Maladministration

By Nathi and UBUNTOONS
Fresh blow to vulnerable neurodiverse kids in battle with Joburg, Gauteng over unpaid bills
OPINIONISTA

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

By Dee Blackie
Innovation meets impact as Minister Buthelezi launches Batho Pele AI chatbot
Sponsored Content

Innovation meets impact as Minister Buthelezi launches Batho Pele AI chatbot

By Department of Public Service and Administration
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
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
How to ensure SA’s just transition is truly just
OPINIONISTA

How to ensure SA’s just transition is truly just

By Tatenda Muponde
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
ACADEMIC STRUGGLE

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

By Siyabonga Goni
Postgraduates sell weed, wigs and vetkoek to beat student funding gaps
GROWTH VISION OP-ED

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

By Rirhandzu Marivate
We cannot secure our food future without restoring the natural systems that sustain it
Life after the floods Part 2

Grapes of wrath — Cape farmers face a long post-flood road to recovery

By Lerato Mutsila
Grapes of wrath — Cape farmers face a long post-flood road to recovery
Bhekisisa

More HIV prevention choices may boost user uptake

By Mia Malan and Linda Pretorius and Karen Hakema
NUTRITION EMERGENCY

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

By Iman Allie
LIFE AFTER THE FLOODS PART 1

‘We still haven’t recovered’: two months on from Western Cape’s deadly floods

By Lerato Mutsila
ADMISSIONS PROCESS

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

By Takudzwa Pongweni
Our future depends on water: addressing South Africa's critical water bankruptcy
Maverick Citizen

Our future depends on water: addressing South Africa's critical water bankruptcy

A recent conference in Cape Town revealed the tension between the threat of water bankruptcy and communities who are fighting to access water.



By Iman Allie
OP-ED

Beyond the pipes — How water scarcity determines life in Global South cities

By Thandi Mancoba
CARTOON

Teachers overboard

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS
WORD WARRIORS

From teammates to family: South Africa’s young spellers shine on the world stage

By Siyabonga Goni
AILING SYSTEM

The world is cutting health budgets, women and children will pay the price

By Rajat Khosla, Kalipso Chalkidou and Patrick Ndzana Olomo
How skill-sharing and market insights can unlock small-scale regenerative agriculture
FOOD SUSTAINABILITY

How skill-sharing and market insights can unlock small-scale regenerative agriculture

By Iman Allie
Missing link in urban development: Cape Town’s future depends on giving children a voice
MINDING THE CHILD

Missing link in urban development: Cape Town’s future depends on giving children a voice

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
The social economy: Breathing hope, creativity and development into communities
OPINIONISTA

The social economy: Breathing hope, creativity and development into communities

By Clotilde Angelucci and Mokgadi Matuludi
Open letter to President Ramaphosa on the second anniversary of the Climate Change Act
OPINIONISTA

Open letter to President Ramaphosa on the second anniversary of the Climate Change Act

By Motheo Brodie
South Africa’s schools are losing teachers faster than they can replace them
CLASSROOM CRISIS

South Africa’s schools are losing teachers faster than they can replace them

By Takudzwa Pongweni

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