‘Kicked off Gautrain for wearing loincloth changed my life for the better’

The link between violence and animal abuse increases when individuals find gratification through violent acts towards animals. 

Megan Smith and her family were among the first 40 cases of Covid-19 in South Africa after returning from a holiday in Europe. Since then her life has changed dramatically.

As people queue for days to cross the Beitbridge border post, those choosing to use less legal means are proof that where there is a will, there is a way.

Painter is grateful for the social media fame, which has helped him sell more paintings, after at least two decades in the art industry, and he believes the criticism simply motivates him.

Farmers relay the fear they live in daily, after having survived farm attacks, and while the threats of more attacks are always at the back of their minds.

Farm attacks and murders are a real threat to food security, as younger people turn away from the way of life because it is too dangerous and traumatic, and though some argue that attacks are race-driven, the fact is that ‘a farmer is a farmer’.