Rat poison found in Cape Town’s dead caracals
UCT researcher says secondary poisoning of the apex predator from eating contaminated prey threatens to unbalance the Cape Peninsula ecosystem
News | 15 April 2026
This granny lives in a shack right next to her unfinished RDP house
Nine people live in one room
Brief | 15 April 2026
SA’s only state transgender surgery clinic can help just four patients a year
But Groote Schuur’s Transgender Healthcare Clinic is seeing five to ten new patients a month and new patients may wait 20 to 30 years for surgery
News | 14 April 2026
In photos: Army enters Lavender Hill, but some are sceptical
Gang violence continues on Cape Flats
By Matthew Hirsch and Brenton Geach
Photo Essay | 13 April 2026
Picket in Cape Town against US war on Iran
Protesters called for an end to an “illegal, unprovoked” war
Brief | 10 April 2026
Johannesburg sewage treatment fails Green Drop assessment
Metro has dropped from 91% in 2011 to below 50%
By Seth Thorne
News | 7 April 2026
How criminal cops escape justice
Delmore Manuel, Jermaine Conradie, and Leigh-Ann Maroon are getting away with torture
GroundView | 7 April 2026
How fuel hikes impact the price of bread
Record diesel prices will increase food production costs
Chart by The Outlier. Text by Jacques Malherbe.
Charts | 3 April 2026
Police torture case provisionally withdrawn
State fails to provide an interpreter for Juma Igiraneza
News | 2 April 2026