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Heidi Swart is an independent investigative journalist. Since starting her reporting career in 2010, she has written for various national publications.
CCTV footage from the day an Ethiopian activist was gunned down in Johannesburg appears to not exist
Duvenage’s spending on donations and advertising without consulting his board has caused a parade of execs to leave the anti-corruption watchdog
Despite the law, mass surveillance is happening in South Africa. And the government is likely using it illegally.
There are no clear answers about the legality of invasive surveillance gizmos.
We explore the capacity of the government to spy on the communications of individuals’ cellphones, landline phones and internet activities.
Rape in rural areas is feared to be dramatically under-reported. We headed to villages in Mpumalanga, Limpopo and the Free State to find out why.
While India raged, South Africa’s response to Anene’s rape has been muted by comparison. Why? This is the first of a five-part series on rape.
Silicosis might appear only 15 years after exposure to gold ore dust, long after they have gone home. Heidi Swart reports.
As the case against Anglo American SA in the UK unfolds, local lawyers are calling for the setting up of a compensation fund.
Mtobeli Elson Vapi is only 52 and treading lightly is about as much activity as his body can handle.
The Bapo Ba Mogale community claims that the mining giant Lonmin has fudged its profits and owes them millions in royalties, writes Heidi Swart.
The community that owns the land mined by Lonmin is planning an application to cancel mining rights of the world’s third-largest platinum producer.
A stretch of farmland that could prove vital to Cape Town’s food security is threatened by development, illegal dumping and informal settlements.
Wildcat strikes in the mining sector have set a new trend that could result in the unravelling of the formal system of collective bargaining.
According to some Marikana miners, they are no better off than before the strike, after Lonmin this week offered striking workers a 22% pay hike.
Thuli Madonsela this week visited the Bapo Ba Mogale community to hear grievances about the North West government’s alleged mismanagement of money.
Residents of Karee hostel in Marikana tell of police action days before the massacre, at the time their friend disappeared.
Heidi Swart spent time in Johannesburg’s courts to experience how cases are handled – and delayed.
Families in Pondoland, a traditional source of labour, bury their men and primary earners who worked at Lonmin.
Before the Marikana massacre, the M&G’s Heidi Swart joined rock-drill operators at the bottom of a Lonmin shaft to see conditions there firsthand.
