Extortion rackets are part of a corrupt system that includes religious leaders, councillors, police and syndicates The post Cape Flats gangsters, children die in fight over turf appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

After spending more than 40 years in a life of gangsterism, Ralph Haricombe’s life changed after his son asked him to change his life The post Father and son abandon gangs to start a project of hope appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

How farmers perceive jackal and caracal — as ‘beautiful’ or ‘thieves’ — determines whether they will tolerate them on their livestock farms The post Predators: Beauties or beasts? appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

An environment group says its application is a ‘watershed’ case for stopping deep sea exploration The post Creecy taken to court over oil, gas plan appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

The Black Tobacco Farmers’ Association the introduction of a minimum price level for cigarettes The post Tobacco farmers want the taxman to do more to control illegal cigarette trade appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

A pioneering project has released 800 captive-bred Pickersgill’s reed frogs back into the wild in KwaZulu-Natal The post Big mission to save tiny frog appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

After alleged attempts to loot Eastern Cape housing funds, 39 200 people in the province will continue to live in atrocious conditions The post R270m ‘housing heist’ bid deprives people of decent homes appeared first on The Mail & Guardian...

A Durban depot container with 1.5-million rounds of ammunition may have been targeted, as others in the vicinity were left untouched, say security sources The post Stolen ammo poses security threat amid failure to protect high-risk consignments appe...

The arrival of a Chinese gold mining company in Kono, a diamond-rich district in the east of Sierra Leone, had a devastating impact on the local community, cutting its water supply and threatening farmers’ livelihoods – and their attempts to see...

The chairperson of the Electoral Commission of South Africa said the Moseneke inquiry found that the elections would not be free and fair if held in October The post IEC to ask the courts to postpone local elections appeared first on The Mail & ...