CUTTING IT FINE Experts welcome expanded VAT-free foods basket but warn effects will be reversed by electricity hike 5 min 1 By Naledi Sikhakhane
FRIDAY ACTIVIST The making of an eco-warrior and the struggle to give a community a voice 6 min 1 By Anneliese Burgess
FOOD JUSTICE: 'EGGSPOSURE' Campaign calls out harmful egg production practices, calls for ethical farming 4 min 5 By Naledi Sikhakhane
SHOCK INSPECTION Prison farm animals starve as Correctional Service budget cuts bite, says NSPCA 4 min 3 By Don Pinnock
ECD OP-ED Early Childhood Development is an investment too good to ignore 5 min 0 By Zaheera Mohamed, Grace Matlhape, Tess Peacock and Warren Farrer
INCLUSIVITY OP-ED African women must raise their voices and reshape the future of global governance 4 min 0 By Tinuade Ojo
BUDGET 2025 ANALYSIS Godongwana’s Budget promises improved funding for the health sector — but is it enough? 7 min 3 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
BHEKISISA Budget constraints leave hundreds of doctors jobless in deepening public health crisis 5 min 0 By Bhekisisa team
BUDGET 2025 OP-ED Budget fails to prioritise SA’s children — they can’t wait for the fruits of long-term fiscal strategies 3 min 0 By Christine Muhigana
WORLD KIDNEY DAY OP-ED New chronic kidney disease treatments show promise, but are expensive and inaccessible 4 min 0 By Yazied Chothia
BUDGET 2025 2.0 Experts welcome education allocation, but warn it must be used wisely 3 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
CONTINENTAL BOOSTER OP-ED Sustainable African vaccine manufacturing will save lives 4 min 1 By Margaret Dunne, Thokozani Liwewe, Alice Im, Andrea Uhlig, Carly Gasca and Wilmot James
BHEKISISA Struggle for acceptance: On the difficulties of being queer and Muslim in Cape Town 6 min 4 By Zackie Achmat
SPOTLIGHT US funding cuts imperil African search for HIV vaccine 7 min 0 By Catherine Tomlinson for Spotlight
GUNNED DOWN Person of interest in murder of whistle-blower Pamela Mabini killed in Nelson Mandela Bay 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
HEALTH CRISIS Gauteng health workers, experts raise alarm as hiring freezes pose risk to patient care 6 min 2 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
ALTERNATIVE FUNDING OP-ED Postponed Budget offers opportunity for rights-based fiscal reform 5 min 0 By Mduduzi Nkosi and Matshidiso Lencoasa
2025 BUDGET A VAT hike is not the answer, say experts — here are their solutions to SA’s fiscal crisis 4 min 4 By Lillian Roberts
DEFEND THE DEFENDERS Un report reveals alarming rise in violence against land defenders in remote areas 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
PAYMENT CRISIS Provinces owe National Health Laboratory Service R8.9bn amid labs urgently needing upgrades and staff 4 min 5 By Estelle Ellis
