Brits to start afresh
HOPE has dawned at the once troubled Brits District Hospital in North West as staff and patients gear up to move to a new facility in March. 6 Comments
Nurses have to make do with little
LUPHISI Clinic on the outskirts of Nelspruit has been without essential medicines for almost a year. 7 Comments
Clinic is a 'ticking time bomb'
"Clearly there was no proper planning done when they opened this place" 4 Comments
Better life is still a dream for villagers
Muyexe village outside Giyani in Limpopo was identified by President Jacob Zuma as one of the areas to get better service delivery, but are still waiting 13 Comments
Brits: An institution in a serious crisis
An investigation reveals frightening conditions, with people being put in danger 16 Comments
Doctors plan rescue of baby death hospital
The SA Medical Association (Sama) will deploy doctors to the George Masebe Hospital in Limpopo where four babies died of treatable diseases amid a staff shortage. 15 Comments
'Government parties while the country burns'
The government spent R4.67 billion on catering, entertainment and travel allowances in 2011 - report 70 Comments
Investors duped into losing savings
A JOHANNESBURG-BASED company suspected of running a pyramid investment scheme has swindled unsuspecting investors of their hard-earned money. 33 Comments
'There is only one loser - and that's the patient'
South Africa spends more on health care than many other countries yet patient care is declining, says Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi 37 Comments
R35m road project exists only on paper
Vehicles using the roads in these villages run up punishing maintenance and repair bills 32 Comments
Mountainview - the area government forgot
This is where Vinolia Siwa, a mother who pleaded guilty to killing her five children, comes from. 1 Comments
Living on shaky ground
AT LEAST 20% of Gauteng is perched precariously on dolomitic ground. 1 Comments
Shack dwellers exposed to high-risk radiation
THOUSANDS of people living at Tudor Shaft informal settlement are sitting on a ticking time bomb. 3 Comments
LIVING WITH DANGER: A Sowetan Special Report
ALL around us there are people living in dangerous places because they are desperate, poor and waiting for housing. 24 Comments
Izinyoka-Nyoka is a way of life - Danger of illegal electric connections lurks where-ever you tread
LIFE ON THE EDGE: A Sowetan Special Report by reporter Sibongile Mashaba and photographer Vathiswa Ruselo 29 Comments
No hope for Thembelihle dwellers
THEMBELIHLE means good hope. But residents of Thembelihle informal settlement in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, have no hope. 1 Comments
Life on the river banks - A SPECIAL REPORT
LIVING IN FEAR OF THE RAIN: When the skies turn grey, people living in Stjwetla, on the edge of Jukskei River in Alexandra, panic... 11 Comments
The five year itch in marriage
AN AVERAGE South African couple marrying for the first time will be a 29-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man and the two join in matrimony between September and March. 2 Comments
Heavy education spending but still not nearly enough
FINANCE Minister Pravin Gordhan has once again increased spending on education, as has been the trend over the past 15 years. 1 Comments
Less than a third have matric: Census
"There is a relatively high percentage of persons aged 20 years and older with no schooling in Limpopo (17.3 percent), followed by Mpumalanga (14 percent)" 36 Comments
Crime against poor children
FOR SOME years now a ghastly spectacle has been playing itself out in the Eastern Cape. 1 Comments
Crumbling school 'a risk to pupils'
PUPILS at a rural school in Limpopo have been having lessons under dangerous conditions. 14 Comments
Getting to school on time is only half the journey
A YOUNG boy's dream to become a civil engineer one day might be shattered if he keeps walking a single trip of more than 7km to school. 374 Comments
A woman's rape ordeal
This is the sad story of a 20-year-old woman who was brutally attacked 66 Comments
Raping the rape victims
A victim of rape has been failed by the system, not once, not twice but more than 48 times over the past nine years. 1 Comments
Hospitals of 'no return'
TONGA Hospital in Mpumalanga near Komatipoort has been nicknamed Emvakwakho, local slang for "just after you left". Villagers came up with the name after a spate of deaths in the hospital. 80 Comments
Shining example of a hospital
ALL it takes to turn a hospital around is a bit of "common sense", says Dr Naing Soe 14 Comments
Life-changing stories from Soweto teens
Raped, abused, becoming HIV positive.. See their video stories 13 Comments
Abortion deaths stink
DEATHS caused by backstreet abortions often trigger pretentious shock. 22 Comments
1.3m households without piped water: Census
In addition to this, as many as 748,597 households around the country have no toilet system at all. 11 Comments
Living with the dead
A Soweto man has turned a tombstone at the Doornkop cemetery into his home 150 Comments
Census says SA has 14.5 million dwellings
Of the more than 14.5 million dwellings in South Africa, by far the majority are brick houses or concrete structures, according to the 2011 Census 0 Comments
Farm animals left to starve
The SPCA's Farm Animal Protection Unit has responded to multiple reports of starving cattle. Two of the cases involve government projects. 8 Comments
Land scandal haunts Mpumalanga FULL STORY
Company buys land for R700,000 and sells it for a whopping R2.3 million 25 CommentsExtent of black land ownership is unknown - report
The State cannot determine the extent of agricultural land ownership by black commercial farmers, because the deeds office does not keep records based on race 4 CommentsMakgobaskloof 35 farms suffer as infighting ravages trust
Included among the farms is a formerly profitable tea estate 3 Comments
Tensions in ANC policy documents
'After 18 years of relative complacency and self-congratulatory gestures the African National Congress is realising South Africa is an ordinary country and not a miracle' 27 Comments
'Public Service being rewarded for mediocre work'
Senior managers in the public service cost the State R4.1 billion and pocketed, on average, R811,235 a year -- while presiding over state machinery that barely reached half the targets set, the DA says 17 Comments
Not one East Cape department gets a clean audit
PLUS Provincial officials and their families benefited from nearly R1-billion worth of government tenders! 58 Comments