News

Education department blames late applications for unplaced learners

Hundreds of parents queued outside the Western Cape Education Department’s offices in Mitchells Plain on Friday

By

News | 16 January 2026

Overberg fires: saving the tortoises and snakes

Kogelberg centre says thousands of animals may have died

By

News | 15 January 2026

Cops who tortured man are still on duty

These police beat Juma Igiranieza, not suspected of any crime, with a bat and smothered him with a plastic bag. They were caught red-handed on CCTV.

By

News | 14 January 2026

Dunoon fire victims rush to rebuild homes as City proposes reblocking

The fire at Doornbach informal settlement left thousands homeless and over 600 structures destroyed

By

News | 13 January 2026

KZN rolls out controversial circumcision device amid safety concerns

The safety and track record of the CircumQ devices has been questioned

By

News | 13 January 2026

Why people from Lesotho cross the border illegally

Document offices across the country overwhelmed over the festive season with long queues

By

News | 12 January 2026

Social housing set to be built at Salt River Market this year

Funding is secured, but about 50 families living in an informal settlement still need to be relocated

By

News | 12 January 2026

Raising revenue from alien invasives

A pilot project in the Overberg aims to produce useful agricultural products using cleared invasive plants

By

News | 9 January 2026

Protesters express solidarity with Palestine Action hunger strikers

“It is a grotesque irony that the law should be used to criminalise opposition to genocide rather than genocide itself,” says South African Jews for a Free Palestine

By

News | 6 January 2026