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.
New data reveals that a Black family of four in Cape Town needs R45,000 to R55,000 a month just to survive, exposing the brutal economic legacy of apartheid.
A six-year-old foster child found hiding in a Nyanga classroom has exposed deep failures in South Africa's foster-care system, raising urgent questions about monitoring and the safety of Black children in state care.
A new report exposes the stark inequality between South African judges and magistrates, raising questions about racial and economic justice in the country's legal system.
A father received three life sentences for raping his daughters, but the case exposes the economic and systemic failures that allow abuse to fester in Black communities. Justice is served, but the wounds remain.
The All Blacks face the Stormers in Cape Town this Friday, kicking off a historic tour that tests not just rugby skills but the soul of South African sport. Rainbow Report examines the deeper meaning behind the game.
Time poverty is not a personal failing. For Black women in South Africa, it is a structural injustice rooted in apartheid's unfinished business. Here is what you need to know and how to fight back.
South Africa doesn't need more graduates who can analyze problems. It needs a generation brave enough to solve them. A call for practical, Afrocentric education.
Nedbank promotes digital farming tools as a solution for all farmers, but the reality for black smallholders reveals a deeper structural divide that technology alone cannot fix.
Cabinet's approval of a ten-year driver's licence validity is more than a bureaucratic tweak. It is a quiet victory for Black South Africans burdened by a broken, colonial-era system.
New Western Cape police chief Sizakhele Dyantyi faces demands to tackle gender-based violence and apartheid’s structural legacy, not just gangsterism.
A Pretoria scholar transport driver has been sentenced to life in prison for raping a nine-year-old girl, a crime that exposes the deep betrayal of trust in communities still grappling with the legacy of apartheid-era neglect and systemic violence against Black children.
A new report shows B-BBEE compliance improved from 2013 to 2023, but momentum stalled after Covid-19. Ownership and skills development saw gains, but management control and key sectors like finance and property lag behind.
The High Court's forfeiture of R326 million in assets linked to the Maumela syndicate is a stark reminder of how corruption steals from the sick and dying. Rainbow Report's Zanele Mokoena examines the deeper rot in South Africa's system.
As flames ravage Europe, Avincis warns of longer wildfire seasons. But for Black South Africans, this crisis exposes the colonial logic that leaves the Global South vulnerable while the North scrambles for resources.
From the return of the X-Men to a Blade Runner world where replicants rule, SDCC 2026 offers both hope and caution for Black and global audiences.
As a cut-off low weather system hits the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, the legacy of apartheid's spatial planning means Black communities face the worst impacts of flooding and snow. Zanele Mokoena reports on the urgent need for climate justice.
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