Author: Daniel Steyn

Gardening project helps patients recover from mental illness

The Spring Foundation at Lentegeur Hospital has several projects to rehabilitate patients

News | 11 January 2023

New medicines for drug-resistant TB will save lives. But will they be affordable where they are most needed?

Study, published today in New England Journal Medicine, shows that a new regimen is safer and more effective than the current standard of care.

By Daniel Steyn and Nathan Geffen

News | 22 December 2022

Leaked report shows how Lottery school toilet project was hijacked

Forensic probe reveals details of National Lotteries Commission fiasco in Eastern Cape and Limpopo

By Daniel Steyn

News | 15 December 2022

Nearly R2 billion for apartheid reparations is unspent

The President’s Fund is growing as apartheid’s victims wait

By Daniel Steyn

News | 12 December 2022

Information Regulator bares its teeth in music royalties investigation

The South African music industry lacks transparency and accountability, says regulator

By Daniel Steyn

News | 6 December 2022

Injections against HIV could be manufactured locally and cheaply, says Aspen Pharmacare

Cabotegravir is still unaffordable after two years

By Daniel Steyn

News | 1 December 2022

Blue Downs residents block road after five days without power

Eskom does not have the right material to fix the problem

By Daniel Steyn

Brief | 28 November 2022

Stellenbosch backyarders threaten to occupy golf course

Backyard Dwellers’ Forum say they’ve been left out while others are housed

By Daniel Steyn and Vusi Mokoena

Brief | 23 November 2022

Matrics, commuters hit by Cape Town taxi strike

Taxi council wants the Blue Dot incentive programme to continue in the Western Cape

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik, Daniel Steyn, Vusi Mokoena, Sisipho Bakana, Tariro Washinyira, Mary-Anne Gontsana, Peter Luhanga

News | 21 November 2022

Woodstock residents rattled by police raid

The City of Cape Town says Cissie Gool House has been “hijacked” and that Reclaim the City has lost control

By Daniel Steyn

News | 16 November 2022

Community newspapers cry foul over copyright claims from Reuters, AFP

Association of Independent Publishers says this is “predatory behaviour”

By Daniel Steyn

News | 15 November 2022

Covid: Vaccine drive is running out of steam

Vaccination still helps prevent serious illness and death

By Daniel Steyn

News | 14 November 2022

End solitary confinement, Edwin Cameron tells Parliament

Judicial Inspectorate of Correctional Services calls for extensive reforms to prison system

By Daniel Steyn

Parliament | 11 November 2022

Cikizwa is going to school at last

Education department steps in after GroundUp article

By Daniel Steyn

News | 10 November 2022

Equal Education challenges new Western Cape act in court

Concern about the establishment of donor schools, collaboration schools, and intervention facilities

By Daniel Steyn

Law | 4 November 2022

Xhora Mouth in the Eastern Cape is starting to thrive

The making of a vibrant village

By Daniel Steyn and Mkhuseli Sizani

Feature | 2 November 2022

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