Brief
Woodstock land occupiers lose bid to appeal eviction
Insufficient evidence that occupiers will be left homeless, judge finds
Brief | 30 September 2026
Spelling star, 13, needs funds to reach national final
Northern Cape learner Jayden Haarvoor has qualified for the Sanlam WOW Spelling Festival finals - the largest competitive spelling event in SA.
By Alice Scott
Brief | 29 September 2026
Activists demand police action after 12th woman killed
“I lock myself in the house by 7pm every day,” says woman from Soweto
Brief | 28 September 2026
Fun and games unite teens and adults in crime-ridden Philippi
Teams competed for sheep and prize money
Brief | 28 September 2026
Heritage Day: poet celebrates Kaaps dictionary
The first-ever Kaaps Woriboek was released earlier this year
By Liezl Human
Brief | 24 September 2026
Hundreds march through Cape Town against planned N2 wall
“It’s going to make us live as if we are prisoners”
By Abonge Chiya
Brief | 24 September 2026
Cape Town roads blocked in electricity protest
Philippi informal settlement residents want the City of Cape Town to negotiate with the private landowners to install services
Brief | 23 September 2026
State land must be used for housing, activists say
Applications were submitted three years ago, but vast areas of government-owned land remain unused
Brief | 23 September 2026
Peach farmers offered cash to end Tulbagh cannery contracts
Premier is offering producers R3,250 per tonne to end their contractual obligation to supply Tulbagh cannery
By Greg Dor
Brief | 23 September 2026