Trains to return to Stellenbosch by year end, says Metrorail
Residents struggling to pay for alternative transport look forward to the return of rail services
News | 5 December 2023
African dinosaurs and the sixth mass extinction
Palaeobiologist Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan speaks at GroundUp’s Science for the People seminar
By Liezl Human
Science | 4 December 2023
More than 100 homes destroyed in Philippi weekend blaze
No fatalities but 362 people left to rebuild from the ashes
Brief | 4 December 2023
Hundreds of women farm workers march to Paarl police station
Among the demands is that police in the Cape Winelands be trained on how to properly handle GBV cases
Brief | 4 December 2023
Police watchdog is investigating torture charges against CCTV cops
Juma Igiranieza was assaulted on 7 November by police officers conducting a raid at his workplace
News | 1 December 2023
FNB should fix The Big Issue fraud
If FICA cannot prevent this kind of fraud then its use is questionable
GroundView | 30 November 2023
R317-million in duplicate payments to lawyers recovered from Road Accident Fund
SIU investigating millions more lost to corruption, maladministration
News | 30 November 2023
NSFAS budget cuts could leave more than 87,000 students without funding in 2024
The financial aid scheme has already received over 200,000 applications since 21 November
News | 30 November 2023
Black Sash film challenges SASSA’s closure of cash pay points in rural areas
But SASSA says it is inefficient and unsustainable to transport cash to a “handful of people”.
By Daniel Steyn
News | 30 November 2023