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Nation Nyoka writes with the hope of effecting social change in the interests of the marginalised. Social justice, politics and the advancement of the African continent and her people are high on her agenda

When you kiss nyaope, you marry it

The low-grade form of heroin continues to strip the youth of their future and the young women living in a drug house in Ekurhuleni say the police do not take them seriously

The Gauteng health department has no plan

There is a chronic shortage of staff at Baragwanath training hospital and patient care is declining, yet the provincial government is letting hundreds of temporary Covid workers go

Senior clinicians have warned of a healthcare crisis if Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital remains closed. (BigFive Images/ Gallo)

Gauteng patients are victims of a sick system

The blame for the fire at Charlotte Maxeke hospital and the delays in refurbishing and reopening its damaged sections has been placed squarely at the feet of the provincial…

Mandla Mahlangu, a resident of the Seven Seven shack settlement in Mamelodi, Pretoria, stands amid the wreckage left behind by flash floods that hit the area a month before. (Ihsaan Haffejee)

Angry residents say voting has become meaningless

As South Africa gears up for the local government elections on 1 November, disgruntled voters in Tshwane and Ekurhuleni say they have little reason to cast their ballots

The official opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), said it does not support a permanent expansion of the grant system at this stage.

Renewed calls for South Africa to have a basic income grant

Human rights organisations are advocating a state safety net for the millions of South Africans who have been left hungry after the R350 social relief of distress grant was…

A destroyed house is seen in the village of Aldeia da Paz in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. Organised attacks by insurgents are forcing residents to flee the strife-torn province. (Marco Longari/ AFP)

The natural resource curse in Cabo Delgado

A humanitarian crisis looms as a violent insurgency continues to sweep over northern Mozambique. As many flee to safety, the question remains: who, or what, fuels the fire?

Gauteng co-operative governance MEC Lebogang Maile.

Battle for control of the City of Tshwane is back on

The DA has won a high court victory, but the ANC is taking its campaign for power to the Constitutional Court. All the while, residents are left leaderless and without services

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. Photo: File

Amended Refugee Act restricts fundamental rights

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has defended the new amendments to the Refugees Act that came into effect at the beginning of the year, saying they serve to tie up…

There were clashes between people against the Evo Morales government and those in favour in Bolivia. (Manuel Claure/Reuters)

Solidarity in opposing the Bolivian coup

Participants at the People’s Brics meeting in Brazil encouraged grassroots resistance to fight for democracy

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva greets his supporters after being released from prison, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. (Reuters/Nacho Doce)

Lula da Silva is free and fighting fit

​After 580 days in solitary confinement, Brazil’s former president vows to oppose the country’s ultra-rightwing government

The immediate danger of becoming homeless is more urgent than worrying about contracting the coronavirus.

Dispute over the occupation of RDP houses

Those involved in the distribution of government houses in Gauteng fear for their lives

Not yet healed: Andiswa Khoza was raped by her trainer in Hammanskraal while practising to be a sangoma in 2017. She is now pursuing justice through the courts and the case is due to be heard on October 2. (Bonile Bam/New Frame)

Abuse taints traditional healing

After being raped and abused repeatedly, a sangoma trainee reported her mentor to the police — only to be shunned

An ANC election campaign poster lies in the rubbish in Sharpeville. (Ihsaan Haffejee/M&G)

Splurge does little for Sharpeville

Residents are angry that commemorating the massacre has not resulted in a better life for them

All white not right: Panyaza Lesufi

Lesufi sets Feb 15 deadline to place more than 3 000 pupils

​A total of 3 366 Grade 1 and Grade 8 pupils still need to be placed in schools, according to Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi

Panyaza Lesufi warns Westbury community members not to damage newly reopened school

People were told to express their grievances against political parties by approaching Lesufi instead of attacking schools and damaging property.

The forensic investigation found Dagada to have acted in a manner that benefits those close to him

Mashaba fires Finance MMC, lays criminal charges

Rabelani Dagada has also been suspended as a councillor by the opposition party’s FedEx pending an inquiry of the DA’s federal legal commission.

BEE has also been a source of fierce contestation within the party. (Skyler Reid/M&G)

Inside the DA divisions in the City of Cape Town

The DA’s Federal Executive Council will meet on Sunday "to thoroughly engage with all aspects of the allegations against De Lille".

Traditional leaders

Agri SA lambasts police for inaccurate reporting on farm worker murder

Agri SA lashed out at the police for reporting inaccurate details to the media around the brutal shooting of a farm worker in Krugersdorp.

Top Nehawu officials Fikile Slovo Majola

Gauteng education committee calls for fewer disruptions in 2018

Mpisi encouraged parents and communities to effective learning and teaching throughout the year, by not participating in disruptive activities.

Your guide to investing where your heart urges you to

Police minister wishes a Merry Christmas, allegedly from Dubai

Mbalula’s tweet with its United Arab Emirates geotag had Twitter users criticising the minister and asking him where the money for trip came from