Heat from a changing climate poses a significant risk to mothers and babies
It is crucial to pay attention to the effects of a warming world on mothers and babies because it stands to affect them the most
Rights group Seri closes over online threats after it prevented the eviction of street traders
The Socio-Economic Rights Institute alleges the threats came after public statements by ActionSA city councillor Nkululeko Mbundu
The Rea Vaya dream hobbles on
In its latest guarantee, Johannesburg’s transport department says that the next leg of the city’s public bus system will be operational by September
Tuberculosis: South Africa’s forgotten killer
Sidelined during the Covid-19 pandemic, the country’s deadliest disease has been working under cover
When the city of gold bled red
In 1922, Johannesburg’s white workers united on a scale not seen before or since, unleashing violence against Black miners and destroying their potential to become an organised force.
The limits of a Wanderers without a crowd
Watching the second Test match between South Africa and India from inside the hallowed environs of the Bull Ring was a discomfiting cricketing experience that will hopefully change soon
Gauteng health system is heading for catastrophe
While officials remain entangled in bureaucratic knots, clinicians warn that the continued closure of the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital risks a ‘humanitarian disaster’
Dolomite hinders residential development in Gauteng
Gold made Johannesburg. Today, a lesser-known mineral shapes the lives of some of the city’s impoverished residents
Ruling deals crushing blow to zero-hours contracts
Ferrero factory workers have won the first battle in what might become one of South Africa’s next wars on casual and precarious work
Xolobeni activist receives death threat
In an environment where activism against mining is becoming increasingly deadly, Nonhle Mbuthuma’s life may be at risk