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Lethal toll of informal gold mining

While deaths on formal mines have come down, zama-zama fatalities have gone up

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Feature | 17 August 2016

Should you be prosecuted for exposing someone to HIV?

Many have been found guilty despite lack of scientific evidence

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Feature | 11 August 2016

Port Elizabeth’s ward 26: an ANC divided

While the ruling party is unlikely to lose this ward on Wednesday, it showcases its problems in the city

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Feature | 30 July 2016

A look at Port Elizabeth’s most closely contested ward

Ward 38's community lives on the edge of a wasteland

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Feature | 25 July 2016

A day in the visitors’ queue at Pollsmoor

Eight hour wait to see inmates at the prison

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Feature | 20 July 2016

Ward 74: Beautiful valley with an ugly problem

A shortage of housing remains the hot-button issue in Hout Bay

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Feature | 18 July 2016

The difficult exit from the gang

Each step in makes it harder to get out

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Feature | 5 July 2016

Rough diamonds: De Beers responds

Life, not money, was our concern, says spokesman about company's rescue effort at Bontekoe

An interview with Tom Tweedy of De Beers

Feature | 30 June 2016

Rough diamonds - part four: Illicit digging carries on

Miners are excavating new tunnels

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Feature | 30 June 2016

Rough diamonds - part three: “If we could work legally, we wouldn’t break the law”

Department of Mineral Resources criticised for its handling of mining disaster

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Feature | 29 June 2016

Rough diamonds - part two: “We held onto De Beers, but De Beers drifted away”

Unemployment in Namaqualand still fuels illicit mining today

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Feature | 28 June 2016

Rough diamonds - part one: Ten dead men

A desperate quest in a makeshift mine leads to tragedy

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Feature | 27 June 2016

Survey finds massive medicine shortages in clinics

Mpumalanga and Gauteng have the most stockouts of HIV and TB medicines

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Feature | 24 June 2016

Disabled and out of school

Over 58,000 children with disabilities may be out of school in the Western Cape

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Feature | 13 June 2016

More than laws needed to change hateful attitudes

Outside of legislative channels, civil society is also combating homophobia in various ways

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Feature | 10 June 2016

Hopes and worries about hate crime legislation

The threat of violence against people because of their sexual orientation is not uncommon in South Africa, but will new laws help?

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Feature | 9 June 2016