Police minister confirms Thabo Bester was detained and then released while he was on the run

Bester showed police a fraudulent ID when he was stopped for speeding

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News | 24 October 2024

‘Missing link’ added to Table Mountain National Park

Two properties have been added to join the centre and south of the park to form the Kommetjie-Noordhoek wetlands land chain

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News | 24 October 2024

Cape Mental Health celebrates 30 years of its colourful kite festival

The organisations hosts the annual event to raise funds so it can continue offering mental health services to thousands of people

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Brief | 24 October 2024

Lottery board vindicated by legal opinion

The National Lotteries Commission was correct to return money to Treasury

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Parliament | 24 October 2024

Press Council expels Independent Media for failing to obey rulings

Independent Media initially withdrew from the Press Council in 2016 and rejoined the Council in January this year.

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News | 23 October 2024

Minister says social grant flaws found by students will be investigated within 30 days

Stellenbosch teenaged students present their findings to Parliament

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Parliament | 23 October 2024

Eskom withdraws from Cape Town informal settlement after second attack in two weeks

On Monday a security vehicle escorting the power utility’s workers into the area was hijacked.

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Brief | 23 October 2024

Concourt showdown on copyright bill

The court will hear two applications relating to copyright and the rights of blind people to convert works into accessible formats

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Law | 23 October 2024

Stop the killing and intimidation of whistleblowers, demand activists

Hundreds of people gathered at the Union Buildings four years to the day since environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase was murdered

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News | 23 October 2024

Disability grant applicant collapses in long queue at SASSA office

SASSA’s Bellville office manager blames staff shortages

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News | 23 October 2024

Family blames father’s death on local clinic’s inaction

Buti Malinga was turned away from Makgolokoeng village clinic and died hours later

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Brief | 23 October 2024

Families evacuated from their flooded homes in Nelson Mandela Bay

Municipality says mop up and damage assessment operations are underway

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Brief | 22 October 2024

Promised land is a battleground: inside a Cato Manor informal settlement

Murder and fear stalk eKhenana shack dwellers

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Feature | 22 October 2024

Eastern Cape village still without water 30 years since democracy

Residents in Lugada walk far distances to collect water from a wellpoint

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Brief | 22 October 2024

People wait months to be verified for R370 SRD grant

SASSA blames the Home Affairs online system

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News | 22 October 2024

Crime statistics: who are we to believe?

SAPS and Stats SA figures are wildly different

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Analysis | 22 October 2024