Teen suicides raise alarm over mental health crisis
According to the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (Sadag), a child dies by suicide almost every day. The pressures...
Elitsha
Published in Elitsha, a bi-monthly newspaper distributed in Alexandra and Orange Farm in Gauteng, Khayelitsha in Western Cape, Mdantsane and Zwide in Eastern Cape
SA’s insecurity cluster of overburdened detectives, ineffective courts and overcrowded prisons
The lack of capacity of the police’s detective services came under scrutiny during a security cluster media briefing in parliament...
New regulations to curb underage drinking
While the Eastern Cape Liquor Board said it has recorded more than 400 cases in the past three years, many...
Shack dwellers in Khayelitsha endure another winter flood
As cold, wet and windy conditions continue to sweep across the Western Cape, informal settlements in places like Khayelitsha, Gugulethu,...
Mthatha, a scene of grief and trauma
It’s been two weeks since deadly floods ravaged Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, but the grief and trauma that the...
Reporting from Gaza: Belal Khaled tells his story
Visiting South Africa for the first time, Palestinian artist and war photographer Belal Khaled met with a mixed group of...
‘Another Enyobeni waiting to happen’ as schools close and taverns open
The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance (Saapa) has raised alarms about a repeat of the Enyobeni tragedy as schools close...
Transgender woman’s long walk to ‘Female’
Murineni Katalia Ligavha waited over 27 years of her life to be finally recognised as a woman, a gender she...
‘No 10-year-old should be a mother’: Eastern Cape’s child pregnancy crisis
More than 300 girls aged between 10 and 14 years have given birth in the Eastern Cape since April 2024....
Bush toilets and bucket water for occupiers of RDP houses and their rightful owners
Residents of Chicken Farm near Mdantsane are frustrated with the lack of basic services in the settlement and feel abandoned...
