Is it constitutional to make hate speech an offence?

An analysis of the Hate Crimes Bill

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Law | 17 January 2017

Raising South Africa: informal crèches are desperate for aid

Despite lots of formal rules and lip-service, the state provides little help

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Feature | 13 January 2017

Presidential housing project bogged down in corruption and fraud

Hundreds of residents of Gauteng townships cheated out of housing

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Feature | 10 January 2017

Immigrants picket Mashaba’s anti-immigrant comments

“Overwhelming evidence that some migrants do not possess paperwork because of corruption, maladministration and bureaucratic hurdles” at Home Affairs, says protest leader

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News | 19 December 2016

Court affirms Medicines Control Council’s powers

Judgment is a victory for the scientific governance of medicine

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Law | 12 December 2016

Campaign collects names of murdered sex workers

Unsolved cases collect  dust in police files, says activist

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Brief | 8 December 2016

Six years on and no sign of police investigation into missing man

Gift Mutsumba disappeared one night in 2010 and has not been heard from since

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News | 29 November 2016

Home Affairs office loses asylum documents

"How can I work without my asylum?"

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News | 28 November 2016

Sepedi singer and his homeless Afrikaans helpers

"Rare unity, rare trust," says the performer

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Brief | 22 November 2016

Hundreds march against nuclear deal

High Court will hear Earthlife's case in December

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Photo Essay | 18 November 2016

Ballet on the rise in JHB

Children from Alexandra, Soweto, Braamfontein and Hillbrow are being trained in classical dance

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Brief | 15 November 2016

Refugee sleeps better selling pillows

Tafadzwa Mukwayo makes pillows out of recycled material, and sells them

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News | 14 November 2016

Floods bring hardship and loss to Johannesburg immigrant community

"We just heard this strange sound and realised we were being attacked by the river."

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Photo Essay | 10 November 2016

Women who fought apartheid commend achievements of Fees Must Fall

"We call for a cessation of all hostilities so that we can secure a climate for an inclusive discourse that moves us forward"

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Opinion | 6 November 2016

School children bunk classes to make gold

Parents complain illegal miners lure their kids with easy money

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Feature | 4 November 2016