Basic Income Grant: What is the debate about?
Proposals for a BIG have been around for decades - why are people saying that now is the time for its introduction?
Debate | 6 September 2022
South Africa does need some gas in the energy mix – just not the kind Gwede Mantashe wants
Biodigestion is a cheap, low-tech way for communities to produce some of their power
By Neil Thomas Stacey and Celestin Sempuga
Science | 6 September 2022
Taxi drivers burn streets of Hout Bay
Amaphela are demanding that the City compensate them for loss of income since MyCiTi started operating
Text by Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 5 September 2022
Protesters slam ninth postponement in murder case
“The investigating officer messed up and the state needs to take accountability” says Funeka Soldaat
News | 5 September 2022
Health MEC liable for patient who fell to his death, court rules
Judge found that the patient had not been properly medicated or monitored
Law | 5 September 2022
Ugu municipality defends its record on water
Negative publicity bad for tourism industry, says South Coast tourism body
By Benita Enoch
Brief | 5 September 2022
River Club construction carries on amidst court delays
Observatory Civic Association says development is violating a court interdict
News | 5 September 2022
Debunking the myth that Africa responded well to Covid
We should not let governments that failed to even count their dead off the hook
By Nathan Geffen and Francois Venter
Analysis | 5 September 2022
Seven arrested as taxi protest escalates in Cape Town
Nearly a dozen police vehicles, buses and cars have been torched during violent retaliation allegedly by amaphela drivers
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Siphokazi Mnyobe
News | 2 September 2022