The eight men the Reserve Bank is protecting
The South African Reserve Bank has denied a request for access to the financial records of eight individuals alleged to have been involved in economic crimes during apartheid.
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Lifting the lid on apartheid-era economic crimes
The South African History Archive’s battle with the South African Reserve Bank to access information pertaining to alleged financial crimes will go to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Undocumented learners are still being turned away
With the new school year well under way, the Department of Basic Education has been accused of not complying with a court order to admit children who do not have identity documents to schools.
Exploited security guards call out labour department
Private security guards in George have been reporting the unfair labour practices of their employers to various government bodies for years, but they have been largely ignored.
What the discovery of a new HIV strain means for the pandemic
A thorough understanding of the virus that affects millions worldwide will help doctors and scientists detect it and ultimately create a vaccine.
Neil Aggett was ‘a different person’ after torture
Fellow John Vorster Square detainee Keith Coleman remembers the anti-apartheid activist ‘looking haunted, gaunt and terrified’ the week before his death.
Aggett may have died earlier than police reported
A former detainee has testified that Neil Aggett told him of electrocution and torture while a forensic pathologist has questioned the original time of death recorded in 1982.
Months after Mamelodi flood, victims still in limbo
Displaced residents who lost their Mamelodi homes in a devastating flood in December are struggling to rebuild their lives without shelter, documents or money.
Aggett inquest told of electrocution and suffocation
Six men held at John Vorster Square at the time of Neil Aggett’s death recount harrowing stories of abuse and torture at the hands of the Security Branch.
SA’s teenage mothers are on their own
State health facilities and the school curriculum have failed the youth, forcing young mothers into unsupported single parenthood.
Shack dwellers demand fair land distribution
Abahlali baseMjondolo is challenging the draft bill to amend Section 25 of the Constitution, to include the rights of women and the impoverished in the fair expropriation of land.
Transnet managers ‘value production over life’
Workers at the Transnet depot in Tshwane allege that executives and senior managers demand the workforce assemble trains without proper safety procedures, jeopardising lives.
The mistake that led to Neil Aggett’s death
Barbara Hogan was duped into creating a list of ‘close comrades’ that led to the arrest and detention of numerous anti-apartheid activists and, ultimately, the death of Neil Aggett.
Women’s shelters struggle for funding
South Africa has one of the highest rates of gender-based violence, but its shelters are battling to stay afloat – and government departments have been slow to explain why.
Great Karoo scholar buses back after parents protest
Parent power in the Karoo town of Beaufort West has led to the restoration of a bus service to take learners to and from schools in the area.
Sakhisizwe municipality residents made to live in sewage swamp
The Eastern Cape town is a desperate place for its residents, many of whom are forced to stay in houses overrun with effluent, while the municipality does nothing.
Neil Aggett inquest: How the 10th floor worked
The reopened inquest into the activist’s death in 1982 has begun to shed light on the inner workings of the notorious interrogation floor of the apartheid-era John Vorster Square police station.
SA risks losing rich insights into an ancient farming society
Mpumalanga’s Bokoni people used stone terracing to successfully cultivate crops and cattle. Now, indifference means walls that are hundreds of years old are in danger of toppling.
Ferrero workers challenge zero hours contracts
Chocolate factory workers say employment contracts without guaranteed working hours have had devastating consequences for their lives. Now, they’re fighting back.
Workers want one minimum wage for all
A coalition of workers and worker rights groups wants the discriminatory tier system scrapped as some earn less than the national minimum wage, which is already insufficient as a living wage.
Liz Floyd still fighting for Aggett
On the ‘close comrades’ list, it was only a matter of time before the apartheid police arrested and interrogated Neil Aggett, and his partner Liz Floyd. She is still fighting for justice for Aggett.