Police use sjamboks and rubber bullets to enforce Hillbrow lockdown
In one of South Africa’s most densely populated suburbs, the national lockdown is being implemented with force
The business of war in Yemen – how Saudi dollars keep the arms flowing
No one, not even seemingly principled South Africa, can resist selling weapons to a warring, rogue state
Numsa cornered by capital?
Intrigue and internal divisions are dogging South Africa’s largest union, and threatening to destabilise the federation to which it belongs
Vavi harassment complaint went ‘nowhere’
This latest allegation relates to incidents in late August and early September 2017 in which Vavi is said to have harassed and later groped a woman
Another nuclear safety scare at Pelindaba as management fumbles
Whistleblowers have accused the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation of sidelining qualified staff in favour of inexperienced technicians.
Mashaba fiddles as roads agency burns
Mismanagement and dodgy contracts at Joburg city’s roads agency, and a lack of political will to tackle those problems, are only making matters worse.
Zuma-linked spies ‘capture’ key airports service
When you next board an aircraft in Southern Africa, spare a thought for the turmoil at the Air Traffic and Navigation Services
Is a nuclear success story about to be snuffed out?
Cash-strapped Necsa has set its sights on a subsidiary’s rainy day fund despite the subsidiary, NTP Radioisotopes’s own need for the cash.
Shortcomings of SA laws exposed through controversial shoreline mining on west coast
Mining giants Alexkor and West Coast Resources have been using the potentially highly destructive ‘coffer dam mining’ method to mine diamonds.
Paradise Papers: Mandela’s Isle of Man trust mystery
The leaks reveal that a trust was apparently set up by Nelson Mandela’s lawyer under Isle of Man law. It’s a curious tale.
