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Live updates on the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into high-level accusations by KwaZulu-Natal police boss Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and Parliament’s ad hoc inquiry into the same.

Sophie Yeo’s splendid book Nature’s Ghosts: The world we lost and how to bring it back has a curious omission: the term ‘Anthropocene’.

Advocacy and activism for the right to food and nutrition, enshrined in Sections 27 and 28 of the South African Constitution, is no longer the work of a few campaigners — it is a national imperative. Yet civil society continues to face an uphill battle against corporate actors who wield vast financial and political influence.

Most of Lucky Montana’s current tax woes are tied to millions of rands in alleged kickbacks the former Prasa boss received in relation to R4.5bn in dodgy contracts for security upgrades at train stations. The saga counts among South Africa’s most egregious corruption scandals and is deserving of the Hawks’ and the NPA’s most urgent attention.

Health must be central to every policy discussion — whether on trade, debt, innovation or governance — because every decision ultimately affects health outcomes.

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Only with united citizen action can the promise of World Food Day be achieved in South Africa, a country with more food than it needs, and more hungry people than is morally or constitutionally acceptable.

The Makana Business and Residents’ Association has tried unsuccessfully for more than a decade to convince the local municipality to address the problem of roaming animals in Makhanda. Now it’s suing the mayor, municipal manager and municipality.

Civil rights organisation AfriForum has obtained a court order halting an out-of-court settlement between the National Energy Regulator of SA and Eskom, pending a hearing before a judge. The settlement would have allowed Eskom to increase its electricity tariffs by another R54-billion over three years to correct a data input error.