May 25, 2022
South Africa: Northern Cape Healthcare Emergency Is Deepening
Long-term government neglect of health system staff, an austerity health budget and a global shortage of nurses combine to make conditions untenable for health workers and… Read more »
May 26, 2022
South Africa: Eastern Cape Healthcare Workers Stretched Too Far
In an apparent bid to save money, the province terminated the contracts of thousands of workers and refused to fill vacant posts, leaving clinics woefully understaffed. Read more »
May 25, 2022
South Africa: An African Take On Fictional Futures
Afro-speculative fiction anthology Our Move Next imagines a different reality, bringing together storytellers, healers and activists in Africa to write into the future. Read more »
May 24, 2022
South Africa: We Are Not Disposable, Say Healthcare Workers
The Gauteng health department's budget has been slashed in half, resulting in nurses who worked through the pandemic sitting at home while 10 000 posts are vacant. Read more »
May 23, 2022
South Africa: 'Day Zero in Nelson Mandela Bay Is Metro's Fault'
The collapse of water infrastructure in the Eastern Cape's largest municipality has left residents angry as their taps are dry while water runs down the streets. Read more »
May 27, 2022
South Africa: Food Sovereignty Is a Bulwark Against Desperation
As food prices and the cost of living soar globally, the crisis of hunger in South Africa is rapidly escalating. Action must be taken, and swiftly. Read more »
May 23, 2022
South Africa: New Books | Can Themba - an Intellectual Tsotsi
Siphiwo Mahala gives fresh insight into the life of the Drum journalist, writer and teacher who opened his home to anyone who wanted to have an honest, engaging conversation. Read more »
South Africa: Senzo Meyiwa's Brother Just Wants the Truth
Sifiso Meyiwa is hoping that with the murder case reopened and a trial under way, the family will finally find out who killed the Bafana Bafana footballer in 2014. Read more »
May 20, 2022
South Africa: Stellenbosch Urination Emblematic of Deeper Racism
Though the Stellenbosch university student's act needs to be condemned, obvious discrimination is a symptom of an ingrained hierarchical system that continues to favour white… Read more »
May 19, 2022
South Africa: Sakhile - a Singular Band Remembered 40 Years On
Making music to respond to the times, the popular group left a huge legacy despite not fitting prescribed notions of what jazz at the time should sound like. Read more »
May 17, 2022
South Africa: Yes, We Can!
Siphiwo Mahala's biography of Can Themba, the Drum-generation journalist and short-story writer, is a kind of resurrection, underlining how his work is both vital and enduring. Read more »
May 15, 2022
South Africa: Cape Town Train Improvements a Slow Chug
Commuters like the two new 'people's trains' but still have to deal with delays and no-shows, safety issues and their employers' ire when they're held up getting to work. Read more »
May 16, 2022
South Africa: Bradley Carnell's Shot At Us Footballing Greatness
St Louis City's head coach has the opportunity to build a legacy from scratch at the midwest club, the latest franchise added to the United States' Major League Soccer. Read more »
May 17, 2022
South Africa: Shack Dwellers Face Wrath of Pimville Residents
Growing frustration over high levels of crime, especially electricity cable theft, has resulted in the Chicken Farm community being blamed amid a rise in xenophobia. Read more »
South Africa: Inclusive Education Unrealised After 21 Years
Published in 2001, the white paper for inclusive education is yet to be passed into law, leaving disabled learners without access to schools and with little legal recourse. Read more »
May 18, 2022
South Africa: Saxophonist Shannon Mowday Bridges the Gender Gulf
The multidisciplinary initiative Bridge Over Me Too works to confront the sexist prejudices of jazz classrooms and stages to create space for everyone. Read more »
South Africa: Lwandile Simelane Wants to Get Sport Back On Track
Sascoc's first vice-president is happy to deal with the 'nice, boring, interesting stuff' that is sports governance if it means creating opportunities and incomes for South… Read more »
May 19, 2022
South Africa: Sibongile Mani Doesn't Deserve a Tarnished Name
The student convicted of spending financial aid money that wasn't hers has been granted leave to appeal her five-year prison sentence. It is a step towards justice, dignity and… Read more »
May 18, 2022
South Africa: We Need a President - Woman or Man - Who Cares
Having a woman leader of the country would show a shift in gender equity, but more than that, South Africa needs someone morally unimpeachable who listens to the impoverished. Read more »
May 13, 2022
South Africa: Workers At Arcelormittal Refuse to Budge Over Wages
The steel manufacturer's decision to seek an interdict preventing some of its employees from taking part in the national strike has aggravated Numsa, which says it won't back down… Read more »
South Africa: Slain Ekhenana Activist Nokuthula Mabaso Remembered
A leader of the commune's food sovereignty projects, the fearless Mabaso had given most of her adult life to improving the socioeconomic circumstances of her fellow residents. Read more »
South Africa: Statement of Solidarity With Abahlali Basemjondolo
Noam Chomsky, Ruth Wilson Gilmour and others pledge their support for the shack dwellers' movement and call for solidarity in the wake of the assassination of Nokuthula Mabaso. Read more »
South Africa: Political Killings Plague Nation's Public Life
Political killings have become an all too common tool of control in South Africa. It is essential that this grim reality is recognised and opposed. Read more »
Africa: New Shane Cooper & Mabuta Album Gets Into the Groove
With the band's second release, Finish the Sun, the bandleader finds inspiration anew in rediscovering his love of the guitar. As a result, he leans into funk and African groove. Read more »
South Africa: Digital Switch Will Leave Millions Without TV
The analogue television signal will be turned off on 30 June in a move that will bar impoverished households from access and sink community television stations. Read more »