IN CONVERSATION WITH Councillor Beverly Jacobs

Nompilo Khumalo, a 27-year-old filmmaker from Soweto, has earned major acclaim after winning a Special Mention award at the Visions of Freedom Film Festival, which runs as part of the Basha Uhuru Freedom Festival held at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg. Her poignant short film, Legae Laka (“My Home”), co-directed with…

Every child deserves the chance to smile with confidence. But for many children born with cleft lip or cleft palate, something as simple as a smile or a meal can be a daily struggle. A cleft lip is a common congenital condition where a baby is born with an opening…

It’s now been more than a week since President Cyril Ramaphosa suspended South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke — and the silence is growing louder. The Presidency confirmed the decision was made to allow for an independent inquiry into Chauke’s fitness to hold office, following serious allegations…

VOW 88.1 is a campus-based community radio station broadcasting from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. The station has a variety of music and talk show that reflect the life of the youth, students, politics and tackles social issues. We are on air 24 hours a day, 7 days…

Eskom has launched a nationwide campaign aimed at empowering households to claim their right to cleaner, affordable, and sustainable electricity through Small-Scale Embedded Generation (SSEG) systems—most commonly solar PV installations. The campaign supports residents in Eskom-supplied areas by helping them comply with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA)…