“People call us before they call the police”: a vigilante group’s quest for legitimacy

Part one of a three part series on vigilantism in South Africa

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.

Feature | 22 August 2017

Lonmin link to CASAC questioned

Connection through political risk analysis company is “potentially explosive”

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News | 22 August 2017

KPMG’s questionable behaviour goes beyond Gupta companies

Yet another scandal means it’s time for some changes in the auditing industry

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GroundView | 22 August 2017

Wits students stand up for gay rights

“We stand here in pride, in solidarity and in defiance with what it means to be in a positive, beautiful and queer relationship.”

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News | 21 August 2017

Epileptic, asthmatic and on the streets

All Cassiem Johnson wants is a house

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Feature | 21 August 2017

Clashes in Khayelitsha following land occupation

“I have no source of income because I’m jobless but I have to pay R500 to my landlord monthly”

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News | 21 August 2017

Activists suspect security company of attacking them

“Leave this building, you cannot stay here. This building doesn’t belong to you!”

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News | 21 August 2017

Hangberg residents protest for better living conditions

Demonstration started when community learnt that about R100 million was being spent on nearby informal settlement

Text by Sune Payne. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

Brief | 18 August 2017

Missing docket delays Khayelitsha community leader’s murder trial

“If things continue like this, I see no justice for Ras.”

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Brief | 18 August 2017

Residents compel Limpopo municipality to provide clean water

But it remains to be seen if the Sekhukhune District Municipality will stick to court settlement

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Law | 18 August 2017

Sundays River business owners demand more state contracts

Hundreds march upon municipal offices

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News | 18 August 2017

Can imprisoned asylum seekers be deported?

What happens to a Somali refugee may give the answer

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Brief | 18 August 2017

How Net1 will make money after social grant contract ends

Card linking grant recipients to company’s services will remain active

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News | 18 August 2017

False start to Parliament’s state capture probe

“The key thing here is that we need to get the money back as soon as possible”

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Parliament | 17 August 2017

Mine workers remember the Marikana massacre

Five years later conditions in nearby Nkaneng township remain largely unchanged

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News | 17 August 2017

Masiphumelele residents reject portable toilets

“I must sit in front of my children to do my business because my house is not big enough for privacy”

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Brief | 17 August 2017