ANALYSIS: Are emergency food parcels from the Gauteng government ‘enough for one month’?
The Gauteng government has increased the number of food parcels it distributes to food insecure South Africans, in light of the lockdown put...
The Gauteng government has increased the number of food parcels it distributes to food insecure South Africans, in light of the lockdown put...
South Africans have been told to stay home for 21 days to fight the spread of Covid-19. Do they need to provide ‘proof’ when they venture ou...
If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck … it might be someone impersonating a duck on Twitter. Here’s how to spot a tweeting imposte...
The World Bank's inequality rankings place South Africa at the top. Is this a “harsh exaggeration”, as politician Baleka Mbete said in an in...
Did poor people lose money from the looting of VBS Mutual Bank? The South African government’s guarantee of up to R100,000 per depositor mea...
Dismissive quotes about white people have been attributed to Samora Machel and used in South Africa’s parliament. But experts – including Ma...
Half the new ministers appointed by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are women. But is the cabinet now “gender equal”, as many claim,...
With elections looming in South Africa the debate about migration is again hotting up. But do foreign nationals take up hospital beds meant ...
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