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Africa: The not-so-happy continent

The 2015 World Happiness Report has been published, and South Africa doesn’t even make it into the the top 10 countries in Africa.

The Performative Urbanisms workshop will be looking for “a different take on Jo’burg”.

SA’s richest people live … where?

There are some big surprises in the most recent tax statistics, but there’s no escaping the endemic disparities in income everywhere.

Absolute poverty has decreased in South Africa

Sona 2015: The walk falls short of the talk

We looked at the data to see if Zuma had lived up to promises he made in the seven speeches leading up to this year’s State of the Nation address.

Lower income brackets spend a large proportion of their income on food.

Class edition: Inequality by numbers

Who earns how much and what exactly do we spend it on?

The biggest loser thus far has been the Cope, which was established in 2008 by former members of the ANC.

DA, EFF win over disgruntled Cope voters in N Cape

The DA and new kid on the block, the EFF, have together absorbed almost the same number of votes as Cope has lost in the Northern Cape.

About half of South Africa’s eligible voters under the age of 30 had registered to vote by the end of last weekend’s voter registration drive. (Oupa Nkosi, M&G)

Born-frees’ lukewarm response to voting follows a global trend

At least two million 18-to-19 year olds will be eligible to vote for the first time and only Twenty-three percent of them have registered.

Swimmers wait for the signal to leave the pool after a race.

Dispatches: One night with the swim team

Children are learning from a young age what it takes to be a Chad le Clos or a Natalie du Toit – and their parents are learning too.

Life’s always a beach at St Michael’s-on-Sea on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast with the fishermen on the rocks and the children in the lagoon.

Dispatches: Sun, sea and city slickers

Locals on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast have attempted to free beach-loving tourists of more than just urban tension and winter baggage.

Ten ways green can set you free

<b>Fiona Macleod</b> and <b>Laura Grant</b> explain that energy efficient needn’t cost a fortune.

From social to silence, everybody is catered for

When you are childless you don’t want to hang out with families, particularly those with noisy children in hyper-drive brandishing melting ice creams.

Plan now before taps run dry

Ask people where water comes from and they’re likely to answer: "a tap".

Going green can put you in the black

Going green can put you in the black

Cost is a big wake-up call, which is why the green revolution is starting to make financial sense.