Maverick Citizen

Zikode informal settlement’s battle for basic City of Ekurhuleni services highlights systemic inequality

By Lerato Mutsila

South Africa

Johannesburg residents in crime hotspots left hanging amid withdrawal of emergency medical, e-hailing services

By Bheki C. Simelane

South Africa

New cadre of crime-busters? Gauteng’s Crime Prevention Wardens are doing little to combat crime, say residents

By Takudzwa Pongweni and Tshabalira Lebakeng

South Africa

Abahlali BaseMjondolo welcomes call to investigate murders of its activists

By Naledi Sikhakhane

Maverick Citizen

‘Let’s pray you’ll be okay’ – my escape from a backyard drug rehab

By Zano Kunene

Politics

Have a proper gander at this – Iqbal Survé’s RozBot, artificial but not very intelligent

By Shaun de Waal

South Africa

Tembisa riots allegedly spurred by electricity tariffs, lack of indigent relief

By Kimberly Mutandiro for GroundUp

South Africa

Ignoring the drivers and causes of violence is our undoing

By Annah Moyo-Kupeta

Politics

ANC and multiparty coalition point fingers at one another after deadly protests in Tembisa

By Nonkululeko Njilo

South Africa

More than 100 metro police officers deployed to Tembisa after deadly riots

By Bheki C. Simelane

South Africa

Organised young people are the enablers of a just education system

By Sindisa Monakali, Tebogo Tsesane and Yolanda Sewela

South Africa

Citizen And Pariah: Somali Traders and the Regulation of Difference in South Africa

By Vanya Gastrow