Investigations
South African version of Truman Capote’s, In Cold Blood?
“You’re cadet journalists, barely a published word to your names, jointly or individually, and what you’re working on has potential to be a global hit!” So said author, Denis Beckett,
WHOONGA PARK
A peculiar zone where even cops feared to tread . . .
Men of straw versus iSimangaliso
Living in a World Heritage Site is not easy as was dramatically highlighted in a case of a young man, Muzi Mthembu, convicted in 2013, for his role in the
Abortion stigma strikes
Young women wanting abortions have resorted to sleeping overnight on the pavement outside Durban’s Addington Hospital.
On the trail of a rock thrower
What does a rookie Roving Reporter do when briefed to find out about a suspected serial rock-thrower? Oh and yes, no one in the newsroom has his name or knows where
Stepping into a ‘foreign’ world
Kethu Lembethe reflects on stepping out her comfort zone on her first Roving Reporters assignment – a visit to a transit camp in Clermont, Durban.
Bearing up for a long wait for housing
On a visit to Lindela transit camp in Clermont, outside Durban, Kethukuthula Lembethe discovers the hardships people are willing to bear in the long wait for decent housing.
Under siege in Clermont
A ministerial housing project has gone awry in Clermont, Durban. Fifteen families who refuse to destroy their homes and move into a transit camp to make way for planned developments
Pro bono: lawyer comes to trucker’s rescue
The wrong man is in the dock, says Durban lawyer.
Beyond the carnage: The life of Sanele Goodness May
Sanele Goodness May, the man who was behind the wheel of the truck that killed 22 people last week, has a story that needs to be told. But right now,
