Brief

Karoo Donkey Sanctuary finds a new home

A 500-hectare farm has been purchased

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Brief | 12 August 2025

Gqeberha truck drivers on strike for higher wages

Most drivers employed by the Kalahari AutoForce in Markman say they get paid about R16,400 but they want R20,060 per month

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Brief | 12 August 2025

Philippi library closed indefinitely

The Brown’s Farm library was closed after it was vandalised and looted in August 2023 during a taxi strike

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Brief | 11 August 2025

Crèches battle complicated registration process

More than half of Cape Town’s Early Childhood Development centres are unregistered

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Brief | 11 August 2025

Protest outside US Consulate in Cape Town as Israel moves to take over Gaza City

Activists call for America to stop supporting Israel’s war in Gaza

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Brief | 8 August 2025

Former rail line occupiers demand electricity

Protesters blocked the R300 in Cape Town on Thursday

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Brief | 8 August 2025

Sick of waiting, Khayelitsha informal settlements demand electrification

Community activists want the City and Eskom to form a comprehensive team to electrify almost a dozen settlements

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Brief | 7 August 2025

More than 80 to a class at Elim High

The school has over 2,000 learners and has been asking for additional classrooms since 2007

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Brief | 7 August 2025

Tshwane municipal workers demand salary increases

Union says 3.5% and 5.4% increases were promised in 2021 and 2023

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Brief | 6 August 2025

Lesotho aims for 10% tariff on exports to US

Government relieved by reduction from threatened 50% to 15%

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Brief | 4 August 2025

Hundreds of unemployed young people march to Nigel factories for jobs

The marchers accused the company of employing people from outside the community

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Brief | 2 August 2025

Holocaust Centre urged to recognise genocide in Gaza

Centre director alarmed by humanitarian situation, but says “the designation of genocide is a legal matter”

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Brief | 31 July 2025

Hundreds of households in Kariega left in the dark

Residents believe they are being targeted unfairly for “load reduction”

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Brief | 30 July 2025

Students march in Germiston over unpaid NSFAS fees

They are demanding that the Ekurhuleni West TVET College intervene to help desperate students

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Brief | 29 July 2025

Blue Downs residents clash with police

Two men have been arrested for public violence

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Brief | 29 July 2025

Hundreds of judgments are still late

And the late judgments list is also late

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Brief | 29 July 2025