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Children go hungry while R336m for early childhood nutrition remains unspent

In 2024, R197m was budgeted for the Department of Basic Education’s implementation of a pilot nutrition programme for early childhood development centres, going up to R336m the following financial year. However, stakeholders in the ECD sector report ‘little to nothing’ has been done with the money.

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

A billion-rand blunder — inside NSFAS’s suspicious student housing outsourcing saga

By Siyabonga Goni

COMPLY OR ELSE

Nkosi testimony exposes alleged ActionSA, EFF patronage networks shaping Tshwane tenders and jobs

By Nonkululeko Njilo

OPINIONISTA

Human Rights Day — Death in a time of Constitutional promise

By Cassandra Dorasamy

FOOD CRISIS

Rights body criticises ministers for dodging accountability in SA's food system inquiry

By Daniélle Schaafsma

OPINIONISTA

SANDF deployment reflects a return to visible force over substantive policing reform

By Alan Winde

PARLIAMENTARY HEARING

Ad hoc committee chair says ‘far-reaching’ recommendations will be made for police reform

By Suné Payne

JOBURG NEWSLETTER

Doja Cat to Jazz in the Lights – your Joburg weekend gig guide

By Ferial Haffajee

ELECTION WATCH

The IEC’s multifaceted shield against the AI disinformation hurricane

By Janet Heard

BUSINESS REFLECTION

After the Bell: Back to the future... with the Post Office

By Stephen Grootes

FUTURE FORWARD OP-ED

Decades of colonial policies leave SA needing urgent political and economic overhaul

SA’s colonial-era economic model and century-long nationalist politics have left the country with a moribund mining-driven economy, high unemployment, and deep inequality. Reforming political power and driving industrialisation are essential to revive growth and create opportunities for the underclass and investors alike.

By Moeletsi Mbeki

AGEING INFRASTRUCTURE