Soweto hiking trail reveals township’s hidden treasures

Resident Masike Lebele has created a unique tourist experience with trails through wetlands, streams and mine dumps

By

Photo Essay | 8 July 2025

Judge Mbenenge inquiry: “It’s a campaign to shame me”

Eastern Cape Judge President denies sexual harassment allegations

By

News | 8 July 2025

City of Cape Town to evict refugees living at two emergency housing sites

About 160 refugees at Wingfield were among those who protested outside the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in 2019

By

News | 8 July 2025

Gauteng government scrambles to meet drug rehab targets

Substance use disorder programme decimated by 2024 funding cuts

By

News | 8 July 2025

MPs call for action on prison overcrowding

Portfolio committee suggests alternatives to reduce remand detention

By

Parliament | 7 July 2025

Minister appoints ten new lottery grant assessors after year-long delay

NLC says applications backlog has been cleared and future applications will be assessed within 150 days

By

Brief | 7 July 2025

R370 grant beneficiaries in Tsakane haven’t been paid in months

SASSA says it will investigate the problem

By

News | 7 July 2025

Explainer: affordable housing in Cape Town

The City of Cape Town has promised 12,000 affordable homes

By and

Feature | 7 July 2025

Fidelity fire service is unlawful, says City of Cape Town

But Fidelity says it is “confident that no existing laws prohibit or restrict” its private service

By

News | 7 July 2025

Mbenenge inquiry: Tribunal rejects “hearsay” statements about secretary’s life

Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge to take the stand on Monday

By

News | 5 July 2025

Barbara Bell fought all her life for South Africa’s children

Outspoken activist died last week aged 86

By

Obituary | 4 July 2025

Hundreds march in Pretoria in protest over blocked IDs

Protesters say their identity documents are still blocked, despite a court judgment

By

Brief | 4 July 2025

Judge Mbenenge inquiry: Expert questions authenticity of explicit images

Andiswa Mengo, who made the allegations, said Mbenenge had deleted the pictures, but not before she had saved them on her phone

By

News | 4 July 2025

Huge queues outside SASSA offices in KwaMashu

Grant beneficiaries complain they have not received their money

By

Brief | 4 July 2025

Court delays leave pensioner locked out of her own home

Four years later, the unlawful occupants have still not been evicted

By

News | 4 July 2025

Durban residents battle “sewage crisis”

The DA in KwaZulu-Natal is to take the eThekwini municipality to court

By

Brief | 4 July 2025