Housing governance is where statute meets daily life. When procedure slides into habit, participation shrinks to those who shout loudest or live closest.

Following Daily Maverick’s recent revelations over “fraudulent signatures” in a government employment scheme, the Independent Development Trust demanded documents from the Collen Mashawana Foundation, ...

Some of Johannesburg’s inner-city homeless are in limbo as the City has been clearing them from the streets ahead of the G20 Summit – without a plan for where they should go.

A preliminary assessment of what the Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry final report delivers — and what it leaves unresolved.

TGIFood Editor Tony Jackman asked me to write a reflection piece of my experience in South Africa, and while this event occurred in the early spring I thought it deserved to be highlighted in its own ...

A stark learning crisis across Africa, where only around 10% of children finish primary school with basic literacy and numeracy, has been revealed by the latest Unesco Global Education Monitoring ...

The Atlantic Ocean separates Cape Town, South Africa and Bridgetown, Barbados but their culinary cultures call to each other across the water. Both are post-slavery, post-colonial societies with ...

Diabetes is not a lifestyle issue, it is a justice issue, and slow death is still a death. As insulin prices soar and test strips vanish from public clinics, South Africans are dying of inequality. A ...

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In his op-ed, Adrian Enthoven highlights the shift in energy policy (ending loadshedding) and the move towards budget surpluses as proof that structural reforms are finally working. What do you think?

Blackouts might not dominate daily life like they used to, but loadshedding still lingers in the back of every South African’s mind. Add rising electricity bills, and it’s no wonder more households ...

The City of Joburg has repaired potholes, repainted road signs and fixed street lights before the G20 summit. But the city needs a complete overhaul, not just a cosmetic change.