Extortion rackets are part of a corrupt system that includes religious leaders, councillors, police and syndicates
After spending more than 40 years in a life of gangsterism, Ralph Haricombe’s life changed after his son asked him to change his life
An environment group says its application is a ‘watershed’ case for stopping deep sea exploration
A pioneering project has released 800 captive-bred Pickersgill’s reed frogs back into the wild in KwaZulu-Natal
The sole black astrophysicist at Nasa’s science mission directorate traces his roots and his work with black South African astro-science students
How farmers perceive jackal and caracal — as ‘beautiful’ or ‘thieves’ — determines whether they will tolerate them on their livestock farms
The Black Tobacco Farmers’ Association the introduction of a minimum price level for cigarettes
After alleged attempts to loot Eastern Cape housing funds, 39 200 people in the province will continue to live in atrocious conditions
A Durban depot container with 1.5-million rounds of ammunition may have been targeted, as others in the vicinity were left untouched, say security sources
The arrival of a Chinese gold mining company in Kono, a diamond-rich district in the east of Sierra Leone, had a devastating impact on the local community, cutting its water supply and threatening farmers’ livelihoods – and their attempts to seek justice have been frustrated at every turn