Emperor penguins have just been declared endangered, pushed towards collapse by the reduction of sea ice. But another pressure is growing fast: a surge in Antarctic tourism that adds emissions, noise and disturbance to a species already under threat.

Twenty-four civil society organisations have joined forces to demand urgent, coordinated action on a disease that is now the country’s leading cause of natural death, and to hold themselves accountable, too.

For nearly seven days, taps in Chiawelo, Protea, and parts of Dlamini ran dry – an inconvenience reaching even President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Soweto family home. Joburg Water said it was cleaning the Chiawelo Reservoir, forcing residents to scrounge for water.

Eight years ago, South Africa lost one of its most recognisable and polarising political figures. Now, a new docuseries aims to shed light on the life and struggle of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, told through candid conversations she had with her granddaughters.

The ANC says it will widen its mayoral selection pool beyond its own ranks and intensify public participation in Johannesburg. The party says it is campaigning on governance delivery rather than ‘theatrics’.

A secret 2004 report detailing the findings of the Amnesty Task Team appointed by former president Thabo Mbeki to address the unfinished business of Truth and Reconciliation Commission prosecutions contemplated amending the Constitution to allow ‘backdoor’ amnesties.

Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department boss Julius Mkhwanazi has been implicated at the Madlanga Commission, but the charges he faced on Monday, along with city manager Kagiso Lerutla, arise from a 2019 speeding case involving an alleged stand-in and R400,000.

Suspended City of Tshwane CFO Gareth Mnisi faced a bruising barrage of questions at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, but his answers boxed him into a corner and exposed cracks in his testimony.