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Balancing act: As a country heavily reliant on imported fuel and road transport, increases in diesel and petrol costs affect everything from farming and food processing to distribution and retail. Photo: File
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS ANC

South Africans hit hard by the rising cost of living

As fuel prices increase, interest rates soar and food prices hit through the roof, citizens face tough times with many households battling to put food on the table

  • M&G Reporters
15 min read
Philly Malepa stands next to a portrait of his brother, founder of Soweto Backpackers, Lebo Malepa. (Photo: Oupa Nkosi)
BACKPACKING

Obituary: Lebo Malepa, the man who brought backpacking to Soweto

Lebo Malepa built his backpacking operation from the ground up, but shared his success with his neighbours

  • Oupa Nkosi
5 min read
Rightful owners: Photographer Thato Monare says this type of graffiti in Soweto is an outward manifestation of private conflicts about property or inheritance.
DANNY MLOMBO

‘He is taking photographs of your house!’

Why grotesque graffiti the inheritance of the living in Soweto?

  • Thato Monare
4 min read
Soccer legend Lucas ‘Rhoo’ Radebe
DIEPKLOOF

Lucas Radebe: ‘My football career began behind my parents’ back’

Soccer legend Lucas ‘Rhoo’ Radebe is a busy man, but he made time in his hectic schedule to speak to Ntombizodwa Makhoba about his fondest childhood memories, how his soccer…

  • Ntombizodwa Makhoba
6 min read
Street vendors around the mall said they were “doomed” after witnessing the damage at the mall.. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ZUMAUNREST

Looting, vandalism: ‘I don’t know how I am going to survive,’ says Diepkloof street vendor

People plundering shops and malls has spread, leaving a trail of devastation and loss of income and jobs

  • Chris Gilili
3 min read
Private armed security officers take position during a joint operation with undercover and uniformed South Africa Police Service (SAPS) members in Jeppestown, Johannesburg, on July 12, 2021 during clashes with residents of the Wolhuter Men’s Hostel. – President Cyril Ramaphosa on July 12 said the deadly unrest gripping the country is unprecedented in post-apartheid South Africa as he deployed troops to help police crush the violence and looting sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
ZUMAUNREST

Private security companies the ‘eyes and ears’ for police on public violence and looting

The private security guards were also first responders in some cases, and their helicopters provided information on emerging hotspots

  • Erika Gibson
4 min read
AFRICAN LITERATURE

The Portfolio: Khulile Nxumal

"Writing poetry requires you to reach a level of clarity and enjoyment of your voice."

  • Khulile Nxumalo
3 min read