Saturday, 3 June 2023
Magnificent Mndebele grew up in the impoverished village of Thokozane. As such, he values journalism that covers remote rural areas from a social commitment perspective.
Workers’ Day events provided opportunities for election campaigning, as well as a chance for some to capitalise on the crowds and make some much-needed money.
A family that fled from their longtime home after their mother and grandmother was gunned down there are convinced the motive behind the murder was to evict them from the house.
Abahlali baseMjondolo’s UnFreedom Day event drew a big crowd, with speakers rallying attendees to ‘fight’ for their freedom and vote for the left in the 8 May election.
Mtfuso II and the late Mliba Fakudze were forced to flee with their families in 2000, when the king illegally stripped them of their status. They are still awaiting justice.
The family have questioned the police’s handling of the attack, saying their brother had ‘never behaved like this before’. The police officer involved is just happy to be alive.
The government of eSwatini, formerly Swaziland, has exiled and clamped down on political dissidents challenging the monarch. But now, it faces a new threat: the unionised working class.
Once farm workers, Naledi residents now own their land and are building a village that prioritises education and employment for all.
Vast numbers of students have waited for their certificates for up to nine years, leaving them jobless and with diminished prospects, yet Sita carries on dragging its feet.
Cyber scammed out of R20 000, Nomnikelo Sigenu got no joy from either the bank or the SAPS. Worse, the stolen money belongs to her stokvel.
Sevingwani Mathonsi gave a gift to Ka-Mzilela, her home village in Limpopo, when she braided the hair of children there as a Christmas season treat.
With the community refusing to leave the army base on which they have lived for 20 years, the dispute has turned vicious, with intimidation escalating to potentially deadly acts.
Disappointed after the defence minister and army were found not in contempt of court, evicted residents say that they don’t ‘have power as people’.
After an illegal eviction from an abandoned army base, carried out at gunpoint, the SANDF has ignored a court order preventing further evictions.
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A woman raped throughout childhood learns that her daughter was raped as a five-year-old. The police delay investigating the case. What hope do the mother and her child have for justice?
Dineo Boshomane runs a thriving organic farm in Diepsloot, which she feels connects her to her ancestors.
At 19 Lethukuthula Thela was a feared gangster around Ermelo. But after his family was brutally attacked he turned his life around.
Nkosingiphile Zwane lost an eye to a rubber bullet during a strike at Lukxor Paints in Boksburg.
Street traders across Gauteng are being subject to ongoing harassment from corrupt and sometimes violent police officers, as well as criminals.
An attempt has been made on the life of Abahlali baseMjondolo president Zikode, according to a statement released by the shack dwellers’ movement on 7 July.
Residents say cooking accident started blaze.
Rival events held on 1 May show unequal support for Saftu and Cosatu.