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ELECTIONS

IEC defends its VMD system as registration balloons to 2.9m

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has defended the performance of its voter registration technology after nearly three million voter registration transactions were…

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
uMzimkhulu Local Municipality community hall. (@UmzimkhuluLm/X)
CORRUPTION

‘Hall of Shame’: R53m spent on a community structure that remains incomplete 14 years later

An ANC-led municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has spent over R50 million on a community hall that remains incomplete after 14 years, sparking outrage among residents who face severe…

  • Sandile Motha
5 min read
Department of Home Affairs manager Cyril Mncwabe (left) KZN Premier Thami Ntuli (middle) and SAPS eThekwini district commissioner Major General Makhosazana Kheswa (right) visit the Sherwood Hall grounds in Durban where an estimated 10 000 Malawians have gathered seeking repatriation over the past week. Photo: Lyse Comins
XENOPHOBIA

SA xenophobia: Births, rising fury and the state’s deportation crackdown

A humanitarian crisis is escalating in Durban's Sherwood Hall transit camp, where thousands of undocumented Malawian nationals, including families like Mussa Peters', face dire…

  • Lyse Comins
7 min read
Maladministration: It is a sad indictment of the brave efforts of the 1976 cohort of students that in 2026, those who come after them have to cross rivers to get to school.
SOWETO UPRISING

The unfinished business of freedom

Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka reflects on the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, connecting the struggles of 1976 to contemporary challenges in South Africa, including…

  • Kholeka Gcaleka
9 min read