Social and Justice issues
Bail denied in North Coast rock throwing case
The Tongaat men accused of the rock-throwing murder of two children have been denied bail. Bukeka Silekwa reports.
Toxic times: primer takes the fight to polluters
A new booklet provides useful information for communities facing pollution problems. Thabiso Goba reports.
Civil servant jailed for stealing farm
Case highlights extent to which corrupt officials easily manipulate the land reform process. Fred Kockott and Thabiso Goba report. First published by GroundUp A former project manager for the KwaZulu-Natal
WHOONGA PARK
A peculiar zone where even cops feared to tread . . .
Health department at loss of words over abortion abyss
So many unanswered questions . . .
Inside Durban’s abortion abyss
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK Polka dot blankets and pillows line the pavement outside Addington Hospital’s health clinic where women waiting to have abortions lie curled up on the cold cement.
Abortion stigma strikes
Young women wanting abortions have resorted to sleeping overnight on the pavement outside Durban’s Addington Hospital.
Durban rock thrower jailed
Convicted rock-thrower Nkosinathi Mthalane, 27, has been sent to jail for 10 years following his confession before Durban Magistrate Anand Maharaj to having thrown rocks at cars to “chase away
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
Pro bono: lawyer comes to trucker’s rescue
The wrong man is in the dock, says Durban lawyer.
