LEARNING CURVEBALL CPUT's accommodation crisis deepens, with first-year students sleeping in kitchens and study rooms 5 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
COLLECTIVE RESOLVE Meet the SA scientists who are refusing to let HIV vaccine research stall 12 min 1 By Elri Voigt for Spotlight
STAFF PROTEST 3.5% vs 7%: UCT support staff strike over wages and unfair treatment claims 5 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
LITERACY CRISIS Why 15% of South African Grade 3s can’t read a single word — and what’s being done about it 5 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
Vital support $6bn funding package boosts global HIV response, what does it mean for SA? 6 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
Katherine Sutherland A system in survival mode: When no-fee schools aren’t free 4 min 0 25 February 2026
HEALTH PROMOTION LEVY Will the sugary drinks tax be increased in the Budget speech this year? 4 min 0 By Lillian Roberts
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY EFF hauls Manamela to court over ‘irrational’ 24-hour reappointment of Seta bosses 4 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
Sipho Mthathi Thirty years into democracy SA faces a reckoning as constitutional promises meet daily collapse 5 min 0 24 February 2026
ACTIVE CITIZENRY Specialists scrub up for free in life-changing epilepsy surgery drive at Groote Schuur 5 min 2 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
REFILL REVOLUTION How community refill stores are rethinking retail in a system that punishes the poor 7 min 3 By Daniélle Schaafsma
PUBLIC HEALTH Budget 2026 a chance to boost ‘sugary drinks tax’, cut costs and save lives 5 min 1 By Nzama Mbalati and Zukiswa Zimela
Boitumelo Khunou How to harness the power of social justice-oriented philanthropy for SA education 6 min 0 23 February 2026
BATTLING THE ODDS NSFAS and gambling board unite to curb student online betting crisis 4 min 1 By Siyabonga Goni
VIDEO Watch – Hero community health worker delivers baby during flood disaster 1 min 1 By Lerato Mutsila , Tamsin Metelerkamp
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION A tale of two taps: How water access is dividing Gauteng’s schools 6 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
Maverick Citizen WHO calls for stronger taxes on sugar and alcohol while South Africa lags behind 6 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
BHEKISISA Decoding Big Tobacco’s lobbying and policy manipulation in SA 8 min 0 By Tanya Pampalone and Mia Malan
SPOTLIGHT How medicine pricing works in SA and how it might change in future 8 min 0 By Dr Andy Gray for Spotlight
