Climate protesters demand reparations from Standard Bank for fossil fuel investments
They also want TotalEnergies to stop further fossil fuel extraction in Africa
Brief | 19 August 2025
Kariega residents march for better policing
“Protection fees are demanded from our children by other learners at schools, and they end up dropping out.”
Brief | 19 August 2025
Former Lottery board member ordered to pay back R21-million in stolen grant funds
Money meant for good causes was used for personal gain
Law | 19 August 2025
Pair charged with multi-million rand fraud in Lesotho Highlands Water Project
Moeketsi Victor Williams and business partner Mabohlokoa Itumeleng Chaka allegedly siphoned off R4.5-million from one of the contracting companies
News | 19 August 2025
“Our children are bullied because they smell”: Erratic water supply in Polokwane despite millions spent
Municipality blames vandalism of boreholes
Brief | 19 August 2025
Lesotho health minister says his country must be less reliant on SA and “stop being beggars”
This comes after an outcry that Basotho nationals are denied medical care in South Africa
Brief | 18 August 2025
Cape Town journalists protest against Israel for killing Palestinian reporters
“There is nothing random about what Israel is doing,” says Palestinian journalist
Brief | 18 August 2025
Child miners risk death in Zambia’s copper pits
Police rescued 38 children from Sensele Mine in July
By Charles Mafa and Beverly Subeti
Feature | 18 August 2025
Water scheme for Eastern Cape villages stalls after R125-million spent
The Ngqamakwe water scheme in Tsomo was meant to be completed in 2022
Brief | 18 August 2025