Community blames loadshedding for fire that left 300 people homeless
City says no evidence points to loadshedding as a cause for the blaze but cautions residents to switch off appliances during these times.
Brief | 10 February 2023
Social housing in South Africa is in trouble - here’s why
Rising costs and stagnant grants imperil the only government-backed effort to undo apartheid spatial planning
Analysis | 10 February 2023
“A state of destruction”: Activists gather at SONA to demand an end to rolling blackouts
President Ramaphosa announces state of disaster to deal with energy crisis during his State of the Nation Address this evening
News | 9 February 2023
Rats, cockroaches, rubbish: life in an abandoned apartheid hostel
The 34-roomed dome building has been abandoned for about 20 years and no one has taken responsibility for fixing it
Brief | 9 February 2023
“Total madness”: Fishers protest against ocean drilling
TotalEnergies plans to drill for oil and gas between Mossel Bay and Cape St Francis
Brief | 9 February 2023
Fatal stabbing at Geluksdal Secondary was only a matter of time
Department of Education accused of not taking preventive action
News | 9 February 2023
Buckets to catch water in Free State hospital’s leaking wards
Nurses downed tools last week over poor conditions at Boitumelo Regional Hospital in Kroonstad
Brief | 9 February 2023
Project from Iceland to tackle drinking and drug use among children in George
Nearly half of 13 and 14-year-olds at one school have been drunk at least once, survey found
By Daniel Steyn
News | 9 February 2023
Man dragged naked from his shack sues City of Cape Town for R1.4m
Launch of campaign to “expose law enforcement brutality”
News | 8 February 2023