Global Fund is $6-billion short and may have to cut life-saving programmes
US has cut funding and it’s not clear if other donors will meet their pledges
By Liezl Human
News | 31 May 2025
New play challenges xenophobia
Graveland is running at the Market Theatre until Sunday, 1 June
Text by Jan Bornman. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 31 May 2025
Court rules against Lottery: ticket sales may stop on Sunday
“I do not accept that the sky will fall” says judge
Law | 30 May 2025
Cash-strapped City Power in tense standoff with protesters in Alexandra
The power utility says more than 800 households in Riverpark were either not buying electricity at all or had “suspiciously low” purchase rates
Brief | 30 May 2025
No arrests after xenophobic attacks in Addo
Hundreds of evacuated Zimbabweans are staying in a church hall
News | 30 May 2025
Debate over future of social grants
Black Sash argues they are a vital safety net but economist questions their viability
News | 30 May 2025
Protesters try to block Cape Town’s Central Line
The group lives on the rail reserve along Stock Road in Philippi East and is demanding that PRASA move them to permanent accommodation
Brief | 29 May 2025
NLC did nothing to stop 4,000 “delinquents” from getting grant funding
New corruption-busting efforts have caused grant money to go unspent
By Joseph Bracken and Raymond Joseph
Parliament | 29 May 2025