As South Africa barrels toward the 2026 local government elections, a significant shift is underway. Political parties are moving away from using their national leaders as the faces of their campaigns, especially in the metros, and are instead putting forward specific mayoral candidates. This change raises a critical question for voters: are we choosing a person, or a policy? And more importantly,
More than a recipe, the Durban lamb bunny chow is a symbol of Indian South African resilience against apartheid. Zanele Mokoena explores its history and shares a recipe for cultural pride.
Sol Rachilo, the veteran actor, playwright and cultural activist known as Bra Sol, has died at 94. We remember the man who built a living archive of Black South African art and healed Soweto's youth through theatre.
South Africa assumes the SADC chairpersonship with a bold agenda on critical minerals, migration, and regional integration. Will leaders finally break colonial economic patterns?
The Patriotic Alliance keeps Cheslyn Daniels as its Cape Town mayoral candidate despite assault charges, with leader Gayton McKenzie publicly backing him at a church service.
A fifth suspect is arrested in the murder of uMngeni councillor Nhlalayenza Ndlovu, as hitmen turn state witnesses and the alleged mastermind, Inkosi Simphiwe Zuma, remains in custody. The case exposes the deep links between traditional power and political violence in KZN.
As National Garden Day approaches, expert Dr Anesu Mbizvo explains how gardening can heal our connection to the land and ourselves, even in small spaces.
The 20th Artscape Women's Humanity Festival marks 70 years since the 1956 Women's March, celebrating Black women's resistance, demanding justice, and embracing LGBTQIA+ inclusion.
CPUT and BANKSETA clear R11.6 million in historical debt, unlocking certificates for 141 graduates and restoring access to careers and further study.
A Scopa draft report reveals a 'parallel management structure' at the Road Accident Fund, with 188 staff suspensions and irregular appointments under former CEO Collins Letsoalo.
Eastern Cape towns are being renamed to honour our heroes. Here's what you need to know about your ID, passport, driver's licence, and other documents.
A Durban businessman faces charges of human trafficking, sexual assault, and cyber fraud after allegedly luring three women with false job promises into the sex industry.
Home Affairs lost 13,867 hours to system failures, costing Black South Africans 578 days of service. A legacy of neglect that demands urgent action.
Trump confirms he secretly switched planes during NATO summit, leaving Black journalists unknowingly serving as decoys on Air Force One amid Iranian threat.
As Durban hosts the 46th SADC Summit, NATJOINTS warns against disruptions. Rainbow Report examines the balance between security and the right to protest, questioning whose interests are being protected in a post-apartheid South Africa.
When a Durban man was struck by a municipal water tanker, it exposed a deeper crisis: a water tanker mafia that profits from apartheid-era neglect and post-1994 corruption, leaving Black communities without water while contractors grow rich.
As snow blankets three provinces, Rainbow Report examines how apartheid's spatial legacy makes rural Black communities the most vulnerable to severe weather.
As attacks on foreign nationals escalate across South African townships, Zanele Mokoena argues that the nation faces a moral test of its founding values. Can we manage borders without betraying Ubuntu?
A cold front brings snow, rain, and wind across South Africa, but the real story is how neglected infrastructure in black communities turns weather into crisis.
On Women's Day, we examine South Africa's laws on equal pay, maternity leave, and workplace harassment. For black women, these rights are a weapon against apartheid's legacy.
The Sharks took their Currie Cup campaign to KwaMashu, a move that challenges apartheid-era structures and reclaims rugby for black communities. Zanele Mokoena reports.
Malaysian Tamil chef Shankar Santhiram is using his kitchen to reconnect South African Indians with a heritage that colonialism and apartheid tried to erase. From a goat revolution in Durban to a crayfish stampede in Cape Town, his story is about identity, resistance, and the power of the diaspora.
The Border Management Authority (BMA) has secured its first unqualified audit opinion, a major victory for black-led governance and accountability in South Africa.
The Table Mountain Cableway reopens after maintenance, but its colonial legacy and exclusionary history remain unresolved for black South Africans.
Former CTICC employee Makgosi Letimile, a Black disabled woman, is fighting in the Labour Court for justice after alleging discrimination, hostile treatment, and unfair retrenchment. Her case exposes how South Africa’s workplace inclusion promises remain hollow.
In a bold move to safeguard one of South Africa's most vital cheetah populations, five more cheetahs have been fitted with tracking collars in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. This operation is not just conservation, it is a reclamation of our natural heritage.
Premier Foods Group’s proposed closure of its Tulbagh plant threatens thousands of Black workers and farmers, exposing the ongoing cost of colonial-era economic structures.
A rat infestation along a key commuter pathway near Lentegeur Metrorail station has exposed the ongoing neglect of public infrastructure in Mitchells Plain. Residents, schoolchildren, and shoppers are forced to navigate a route overrun with rodents, while PRASA claims it was unaware. This is not just a health hazard. It is yet another chapter in the long story of how black working-class South Af
Duncan Hoorn’s murder trial exposes a pattern of lies and evasion, as the judge grows tired of his courtroom theatrics. Rainbow Report examines the racial and class dynamics at play.
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