

Mine closure leads miners to roadside
Greed costs a community its livelihood as an alleged internal feud between three traditional leaders over the shares to the Black Chrome...


Be in love with your black skin
Blonde, skinny, fair. Is this the standard of beauty that is aspired to here in South Africa 22 years into democracy? It would seem that...


Shades of Skin: Colourism & Discrimination
Colorism has existed for hundreds of years, however the phenomenon in modern society has created a tragic divide between the light...


Child Abduction
A mother shares her pain as she is forced to spend a second Christmas without her 11 year old son who was allegedly abducted by his...


The Scourge of Illegal Abortions in South Africa
Abortion is a common medical experience globally and in South Africa. Worldwide, approximately 1 in 5 pregnancies ends in an abortion but...


Hillbrow Boxing Club
George Khosi and the Hillbrow Boxing Club are transforming the Hillbrow community that is synonymous with social ills through boxing....


Vaal School in Language row
Concerned community residents of Sonland Park in Vereeninging signed a petition to get a local Afrikaans medium school to change to an...


Marabastad Home Affairs
Corruption looms yet again at the Marabastad Home Affairs when an alleged official tries to solicit a R1500 bribe from anonymous in order...
Unathi Msengana Benefit Concert
Grahamstown born and bred Rhodes alumni, Idols SA Judge, singer/songwriter and Media personality Unathi Msengana graces the 1820’s...
TB thrives in locked classrooms
We investigate the high risk of TB in schools in the Grahamstown township. With TB on the rise around South Africa, a Grahamstown...