Summary image for article

Don’t close our little school, parents tell Eastern Cape education department

Department says the Addo school is no longer viable and plans to move the 30 learners to surrounding schools

By

Brief | 29 September 2021

Summary image for article

13-year-old drowns on Makhanda construction site

Residents accuse municipality of negligence after Asanele Qomfo lost his life swimming in water from a damaged pipe

By

Brief | 28 September 2021

Summary image for article

We are living in sewage, say Khayelitsha protesters

Residents block roads, complaining of blocked drains

By

News | 28 September 2021

Summary image for article

Nick Hudson opposes SA’s vaccination plan. What he hasn’t said is that his company makes alternative medicines

Hudson is a director of a company called Brenn-O-Kem that manufactures “nutraceuticals”

By

News | 28 September 2021

Summary image for article

Phoenix woman injured during July unrest can no longer work

Police are still investigating incidents in Phoenix relating to murder, assault and attempted murder

By

News | 28 September 2021

Summary image for article

The Information Regulator: Our new transparency superhero?

The law allowing the Information Regulator to enforce PAIA requests took effect in July

By

Opinion | 28 September 2021

Summary image for article

Mamelodi flood victims want City to honour promise to relocate them

City of Tshwane says it is busy acquiring land and planning a new township in Pienaarspoort

By

News | 28 September 2021

Summary image for article

Police officers arrested for death in custody of Regan Naidoo

“My son died for something he knew nothing about” says father

By

News | 27 September 2021

Summary image for article

From black bags to black belt: Reclaimer teaches Soweto youth Karate

Sensei Mandla Nkonde uses some of the money he makes from recycling to keep the academy afloat

By

News | 27 September 2021

Summary image for article

Salt River community celebrates shared heritage with the Palestinian cause

New murals a break from “cultural gentrification”

By

News | 27 September 2021

Summary image for article

Hundreds demand action against climate change outside Parliament

Call for an end to the use of fossil fuel for electricity production by 2035

By

Brief | 24 September 2021

Summary image for article

Victims of Cape forced removals hold Heritage Day commemorative walk

“It was a happy place to be but unfortunately the Group Areas Act caused a lot of problems”

By

Brief | 24 September 2021

Summary image for article

Activists demand SASSA fix “flawed” Covid-19 grant application process

SASSA says only 8 million of the 13 million people who applied for the R350 grant were approved

By

News | 24 September 2021

Summary image for article

Anti-vaxxers are making a false claim about the first vaccine dose. We debunk it

Contrary to what misinformers claim, the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine does give you protection against Covid, and a second dose gives even more

By

Science | 23 September 2021

Summary image for article

Nurses return to Willowvale clinic after two-month absence

This comes after years of erratic attendance and no nurses for the past two months

By

Brief | 23 September 2021

Summary image for article

Fishing communities fear their livelihoods are threatened by Karpowership plan

Gas energy generation licences approved despite environmental concerns

By

News | 23 September 2021

Most Read

  1. How a group of landowners brought the Agulhas Plain back to life
  2. R22-million Limpopo sports complex stands unused
  3. Parliament takes social housing regulator to task over stalled projects
  4. Operation Dudula blocks access to clinics, violating court order
  5. Lesotho to release hundreds of prisoners to reduce overcrowding

Our answers to your questions

Latest reader letters

Don't underestimate the importance of short-term rentals

I read this article with great interest. As someone active in the short-term rental sector, I care … Read more

Open Letter to the Management of the Nuwejaars Wetlands

I write to salute you for the extraordinary work you have undertaken on the Agulhas Plain. Your dec… Read more

Open Letter to the Executive Mayor of Cape Town

Unhealthy and unsafe living conditions at the occupied Ahmed Kathrada House again exposes the deep … Read more

Thanks for sharing this topic

Since I traveled as a citizen of Germany around Namibia for holidays, I feel a strong solidarity wi… Read more

Building costs in Cape Town are out of control

The issue is not only with rent but with the overall construction industry in Cape Town. The lack o… Read more