Brief

Teacher posts: Western Cape education department quizzed in Parliament

“We’re not retrenching teachers. We’re reducing posts,” says WCED head

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Brief | 29 October 2024

Shacks and schools ruined as storm ravages Musina

A shack was blown several metres

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Brief | 29 October 2024

Four dead in Cape Town shack fires

We are happy to have survived, says Khayelitsha shop owner

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Brief | 28 October 2024

Angry community removes people occupying railway buildings

This followed outrage in Bethlehem, Free State, after a 17-year-old learner was raped while walking home from school last week

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Brief | 28 October 2024

Picket held in support of South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

The SA government is submitting evidence to the International Court of Justice to prove Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

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Brief | 28 October 2024

Another worker loses a finger at Mister Sweet

Second injury to a casual worker as strike enters its 11th week

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Brief | 28 October 2024

Elderly Ga-Rankuwa residents march to demand tarred roads

“When it rains we can’t even go to the shops”

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Brief | 25 October 2024

Police officers and botanist accused in poaching fraud case

Officer who headed endangered species unit says it’s a “wild-goose chase”

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Brief | 25 October 2024

Only one bridge links KwaNobuhle to Kariega after floods

Two bridges in the area were damaged

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Brief | 25 October 2024

Hundreds homeless after KZN demolitions

KwaDukuza municipality gets court order, demolishes 50 shacks

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Brief | 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

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

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

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

Over 70 people left homeless after Khayelitsha fire

Fire victims say they do not have the means to rebuild their homes

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Brief | 21 October 2024