Across South Africa, communities are marking Freedom Day under the weight of an escalating water crisis, where unreliable supply, contamination and ageing infrastructure continue to undermine basic rights and deepen inequality
The EFF leader will appeal his five-year prison sentence after a court upheld his conviction for firing a rifle at a political rally, while granting leave to challenge the punishment
The controversy surrounding botched circumcisions at initiation schools is well known but a new phenomenon is taking place — naming initiation schools after war-torn cities and countries around the world. Initiation schools in Mdantsane, outside East London, carry names such as Afghanistan, Kuwait, Beirut, Bosnia, Rwanda and Panama City.