City of Cape Town contractors mess up
Rubbish piles up as City dumps cleaning companies which don’t meet obligations
Brief | 29 October 2025
NPA to proceed in rape cover-up case against Brighton Beach police officers
But the case has been adjourned to April 2026
By Benita Enoch
Brief | 29 October 2025
In photos: The spectacular but contested Drakensberg source of Johannesburg’s water
By Sean Christie and Tladi Moloi
Photo Essay | 29 October 2025
Tshwane Municipality fails to improve living conditions at Mamelodi Hostel
Three years ago the City promised to restore electricity and erect a fence. Nothing has been done and the place is deteriorating
Brief | 29 October 2025
Public Protector to probe promotion of CCMA official who tampered with case management system
An investigation had previously found Nonzame Jaxa guilty of altering records to boost the office’s statistics
News | 29 October 2025
Eastern Cape villagers take charge of their own water supply
Frustrated by the unreliable municipal water supply, six communities near Cofimvaba have raised over R110,000 for their own supply infrastructure
Brief | 29 October 2025
Water workers on strike in Free State
Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality plans to close down water company
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 28 October 2025
Police block protest by textile workers in Lesotho
Unions accuse police of acting unlawfully by denying permission for a protest march against job losses
News | 28 October 2025
In photos: Optimists on the water
The Little Optimist Trust Sailing Therapy program gives over 1,600 children in Cape Town their chance to be on the water
Photo Essay | 28 October 2025