Brief
Nigel pensioners unable to pay municipal arrears
Alra Park pensioners want indigent relief and debt cancellation
Brief | 3 February 2026
“Gangster” municipality fails to pay pension fund contributions
Ditsobotla Local Municipality has been under national administration since September
Brief | 2 February 2026
Philippi massacre: families to bury loved ones this weekend
At the memorial service for Mfanelo Songxengo, one of nine victims shot two weeks ago, community members blamed poor policing for the murders
Brief | 30 January 2026
Film workers blame Pretoria for bringing industry “to its knees”
Protest outside DTIC headquarters
Brief | 29 January 2026
Parents exhume son’s remains five years after state mistakenly buried him
In 2021, Msindisi Phike was buried by the state as a pauper while his family was still waiting for his DNA results to be completed
Brief | 29 January 2026
Call to scrap “apartheid-era” passport control with Lesotho
A human rights organisation has petitioned South Africa’s Parliament to scrap passports at Lesotho borders
Brief | 29 January 2026
Keep your teacher, we don’t want her, parents tell education department
Parents demand removal of Eastern Cape school principal
Brief | 28 January 2026
Family demands answers after teen drowns in mining pit
It is unclear who owns the land where the accident occurred. Police have called for assistance.
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 28 January 2026
Philippi remembers massacre victims
Nine people were killed in a shooting at a tavern last Saturday
Brief | 28 January 2026