Temporary update to our privacy policy.
Photo of people sitting on court steps

High Court orders PRASA to create safety plan for railway security

Safety of railway commuters put at risk by PRASA terminating contracts

By

News | 19 November 2019

Graphic showing number of people over 65 living in poverty

Battle to recover R42 billion in unclaimed pension money

Plans to march to Parliament

By

Analysis | 19 November 2019

Photo of people in court

No lawyers and no bail: Refugees on trial for trespassing

They occupied the UNHCR offices in Pretoria, demanding resettlement to a third country

By

Law | 19 November 2019

Photo of court building

Asylum seeker appeals hospital decision to stop dialysis

Alem Bazabe Ereselo was deemed ineligible for a kidney transplant because of her refugee status

By

Law | 19 November 2019

Photo of shacks

Four years after Masiphumele fire, survivors still live in temporary one-room shacks

About 40 families say they need to be relocated

By

Brief | 19 November 2019

Photo of a group of people

Eastern Cape fishers welcome issuing of fishing rights

“We have achieved this milestone after a long struggle”

By

Brief | 18 November 2019

Photo of a man's scarred and bleeding back

Man alleges police beat him with a sjambok

Abongile Mayekiso says he was severely assaulted by police who accused him of being a thief

By

Brief | 18 November 2019

Photo of a woman standing in debris

Hundreds left homeless by Pietermartizburg tornado struggle to pick up their lives

“We have no food”

By

Brief | 18 November 2019

Photo of woman

The difficult life of Marikana sex workers

Working on an open plot, the women are often raped or robbed

By

News | 18 November 2019

Elections 2026

How is your municipality doing?

We are doing in depth reports on municipalities across the country ahead of the 2026 local elections.

Elections 2026

Charts

Summary image for article

Cape Flats murders are on the rise

Chart by . Text by .

Charts | 16 January 2026

Summary image for article

What the latest tests say about beach water quality in Durban and Cape Town

Chart by . Text by .

Charts | 19 December 2025

Click here for more charts

Most Read

  1. District Six families ordered to vacate Searle Street cottages
  2. Social housing set to be built at Salt River Market this year
  3. Dunoon fire victims rush to rebuild homes as City proposes reblocking
  4. Overberg fires: saving the tortoises and snakes
  5. Parents close Eastern Cape school where playground is used as a toilet

Most time spent reading

  1. Why people from Lesotho cross the border illegally
  2. St Lucia fishers take government to court
  3. Court stops Enver Motala’s bid for reinstatement
  4. KZN rolls out controversial circumcision device amid safety concerns
  5. District Six families ordered to vacate Searle Street cottages

Our answers to your questions

Latest reader letters

Gender-based violence: It is time

My poem addresses the ongoing crisis of gender-based violence in South Africa and speaks to the fea… Read more

St Lucia fishers: protect the constitutional rights of the small-fishers

Whatever the conservation pressures in a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Constitution does not perm… Read more

District Six evictions: A polite "no thank you"

If ever there was reason for our National Government to threaten Expropriation without compensation… Read more

District Six evictions: why did the nuns sell to a developer?

Why did the nuns sell the property to a developer? Surely, they knew he would want the residents wh… Read more

District Six evictions: Stop another displacement

The court reportedly acknowledged the “rare continuity” these homes represent for families linked t… Read more