By Vuyisile Hlatshwayo For many emaSwati women, who jubilantly welcomed the adoption of the 2005 Constitution, guaranteeing them fundamental rights and freedoms, gender equality still disappointingly remains a holy grail in the 20-year-old constitutional dispensation. Deeply Read More

Thousands of artisanal gold miners toil in the dirt in a mine controlled by political elites By Owen Gagare Death stalks artisanal miners working in dangerous conditions at Redwing Mine in eastern Zimbabwe. The mine Read More

By Vuyisile Hlatshwayo Finding refuge from the sweltering heat under the canopy of an MTN umbrella alongside the Big Bend-Lavumisa Border Gate-bound MR8 Highway, Tfolakele Dlakubi*, a street vendor, looked longingly towards the locked World Read More

After several months of investigation and travelling the treacherous routes used by human traffickers, a chilling underworld of exploitation is exposed. The inquiry pulls back the curtain on a network that preys on vulnerable migrants, Read More

By Vuyisile Hlatshwayo Despite the eSwatini government’s grand promises of inclusivity, its E59 million Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) has become a tool that benefits only the wealthy, leaving behind thousands of people with Read More

Billy Ntaote Lesotho cancer patients’ dependence on South African oncology services in Bloemfontein has created a huge financial burden on the country’s health budget and highlighted the dire need for oncology services to be Read More

Billy Ntaote On January 8, 2025, hopes soared when Lesotho’s Health Minister, Selibe Mochoboroane, handed over a plot of land for the construction of a much-anticipated M800 million (USD 43 003 192)  cancer treatment facility. This Read More

By Vuyisile Hlatshwayo Rather than succumbing to despair, Thandi Vilakati has defied the odds, navigating life’s challenges with resilience and determination following the tragic loss of her sole family breadwinner in a car accident. Read More

Uli na zingati (How much do you have?) In MakanDay’s first nationwide collaboration, journalists from five provinces—Copperbelt, Eastern, Northern, Southern, and North-Western—investigate systemic failures and injustices within Zambia’s criminal justice system, Read More

By Vuyisile Hlatshwayo Sibangani Alfred Nkhambule, a 66-year-old former mineworker, has been fighting a battle against the odds since returning to eSwatini after years of labouring in South Africa’s mines. Stripped of his dignity Read More