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Orange Farm’s crime fighting patrollers
Community members have lauded efforts by the crime patrollers to make their streets safer, with over 400 people already part of the initiative
News | 24 November 2025
In photos: Thousands protest to end violence against women
Government classifies GBV and femicide a national disaster, but it’s unclear what policies will follow from this
Ashraf Hendricks, Ihsaan Haffejee, Ishmael Mabena, Johnnie Isaacs, Thamsanqa Mbovane and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 21 November 2025
GBV victims travel nearly 200km to reach nearest state shelter
A local resident has now turned her own four-room home into a safehouse for many women in Beaufort West who have nowhere to go
News | 21 November 2025
SASSA expects to save R341-million by tightening screenings
Treasury has added new conditions to improve the monitoring of grants
News | 20 November 2025
Extortion gangs terrorise Cape Town’s immigrant shop owners
Vigilantism on the rise as people accuse the police of failing them
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Phumeza Halonisi
News | 20 November 2025
Unfenced army base outside Makhanda claims another life
At least six people have been killed or injured by explosives from the largely unfenced 6 SA Infantry Battalion training area
News | 20 November 2025
US and Lesotho strike five-year health funding pact
Abrupt US aid cuts earlier this year caused havoc in the country’s health system
News | 19 November 2025
How a group of landowners brought the Agulhas Plain back to life
The Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area was established in 2008
By John Yeld
News | 19 November 2025
Bo-Kaap residents call for Airbnb to be regulated
Long-standing residents say they are being pushed out by short-term rentals
News | 19 November 2025