In photos: A walk in the night to mark the end of slavery

March through Cape Town commemorates the emancipation of slaves in 1834

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Photo Essay | 3 December 2025

Court orders Western Cape Education Department to fix late school admissions

The court found the department had failed to plan adequately for late placements and the situation had been getting worse for over a decade

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Law | 2 December 2025

Mother and three children burned alive in Langa shack fire

There were two shack fires in the area on Monday

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Brief | 2 December 2025

Pollution stops Khayelitsha’s canoe club classes

Hyacinth and sewage are destroying the Blowy wetlands

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Brief | 2 December 2025

Police foil mugging during anti-crime march

Residents from Manenberg and Gugulethu demand better policing

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Brief | 1 December 2025

Rent control not only fails, it entrenches inequality

The solution to housing affordability is to increase supply by building more housing

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Opinion | 1 December 2025

Activists create human chain for Palestine along Sea Point promenade

Palestine Solidarity Campaign calls for release of political prisoners, including Marwan Barghouti

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Brief | 29 November 2025

Illegal connections leave hundreds of Cape Town households without water

Hundreds of households in Ethembeni informal settlement in Khayelitsha say water drips from the taps at night

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Brief | 29 November 2025

Gag order against Open Secrets lifted

Case brought by Integrated Convoy Protection, which sells armoured vehicles to UAE, dismissed

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News | 27 November 2025