Brief

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

Lifeline for penguins opens in Cape Town

A new seabird nursery at SANCCOB will incubate eggs and rear orphaned and abandoned chicks

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Brief | 28 July 2025

SA police: No evidence of Lesotho rebel army

Lesotho’s security chiefs have claimed there are illegal military training camps on SA farms

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Brief | 28 July 2025

Artscape social housing development moves ahead

1,476 social housing units planned at 16-storey development

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Brief | 25 July 2025

Students left in the dark as Nelson Mandela Bay cuts power for unpaid bills

This is part of the municipality’s bid to recover R17-billion in unpaid electricity bills across its 60 wards

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Brief | 25 July 2025

R25-million and 7 years later, Indwe sports field far from finished

It was meant to take 18 months, and now another R10-million is needed

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Brief | 25 July 2025

South Africa silent on Lesotho rebel army allegations

Last week, Lesotho security chiefs said there were terrorist training camps in the Free State

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Brief | 25 July 2025

Not enough prisoners have access to work and training opportunities

People earn less than R250 a month working in prison workshops or farms

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Brief | 25 July 2025

Cape Town protesters bang pots against Israel’s use of food as a weapon

Over 100 people have starved to death in Gaza

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Brief | 24 July 2025

Hout Bay women turn plastic waste into colourful bags

“Each handcrafted product helps to keep plastic out of the environment and landfill sites”

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Brief | 24 July 2025

Elsies River residents in the dark for weeks due to Eskom backlog

The power utility says it is working to fix electricity faults across the province

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Brief | 24 July 2025