Starlink launches amid job losses in Lesotho
Elon Musk’s satellite internet service comes after months of US funding cuts and tariffs put immense pressure on the country’s economy
News | 24 June 2025
SANCO and ANC clash in Eastern Cape
Protestors gathered at Ngcobo’s municipal offices, despite a court order
News | 24 June 2025
South Africans and Zimbabweans pray together after xenophobic attacks
Mob in Addo killed four, injured dozens, and displaced hundreds of families
News | 24 June 2025
A taste of Somalia on the streets of Joburg
We visited a Somali-owned coffee shop in Mayfair which serves qaxwo and other Somali treats
Text by Jan Bornman. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 24 June 2025
Court to decide fate of Hope Street homeless camp
Housing rights group argues the City’s Safe Space shelters do not meet constitutional requirements for alternative accommodation
News | 24 June 2025
Illegal enlargement of West Coast farm dam condoned
The Western Cape government has issued retroactive environmental authorisation for a dam project undertaken eight years ago
By John Yeld
News | 23 June 2025
School girls march for better policing
Girl Guides want officers to be better trained to handle GBV cases
Brief | 23 June 2025
Tshwane investigation into illegal suburb raises hopes
Leeuwfontein home owners want their neighbourhood to be made a formal part of the city so that they can get water and sanitation
Brief | 23 June 2025
Court annuls man’s second marriage because his first wife did not consent
Only the first wife will be allowed to claim from the estate
Law | 23 June 2025