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Local Government Elections 2026: Find out who the candidates are for your ward and where else they are standing
The lack of campaign posters with ward candidate information might make it difficult to see who is running in your ward, and it is always best to hav…
1 week, 2 days ago
Opportunists, liars and impersonators: How political parties are twisting the truth to get your vote
Lester Kiewit speaks to Yossabel Chetty, a researcher at the Centre for Information Integrity in Africa (CINIA) and a PhD candidate in Journalism, Me…
1 week, 2 days ago
Why powerful Mexican cartels are setting up shop in South Africa
Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr. Vanda Felbab-Brown, director of the Brookings Institution's Initiative on Nonstate Armed Groups. She says that major Mexi…
1 week, 2 days ago
LIVE AND LOCAL: Is this the beginning of the end for spam calls?
Lester Kiewit speaks to Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Regulatory Head at Werksmans Attorneys, about the National Consumer Commission (NCC) launch…
1 week, 2 days ago
Protesters unite against housing crisis in Spain
Thousands of protesters in Spain have taken to the streets to demand assistance for renters, after lawmakers rejected a package of emergency measures…
1 week, 3 days ago
A World View from London: French school funding protests
Mass French protests all to do with school underfunding; an ex German spy boss has been arrested for spying and Russia’s “Dirty” War allegedly sendin…
1 week, 3 days ago
Selling staple items by the scoop. Is it smart, or a sign that families are running out of money?
Rice for R5. Maize meal by the scoop. Even Shoprite is now selling staples by weight. Is it smart shopping, or a sign of how tough things are? Lester…
1 week, 3 days ago
GroundUp News: Urgent action needed so that dental technicians can finish their training
Parliament has recommended urgent mediation to end a seven-year standoff between the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and the South Afr…
1 week, 3 days ago
Crosses and crossroads: Crucial Brazil presidential election has country on edge
Lester Kiewit speaks to Benjamin Fogel, contributing editor at Jacobin and head of publishing at Alameda, about the tense Brazil presidential electio…
1 week, 3 days ago
Dying to earn a wage: maritime workers pay the ultimate price
Lester Kiewit speaks to Malvern Du Bruyn, Cosatu Western Cape provincial secretary, about the tragic deaths of five seafarers from the tug Umkhuseli,…
1 week, 3 days ago