Extortion gangs terrorise Cape Town’s immigrant shop owners

Vigilantism on the rise as people accuse the police of failing them

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News | 20 November 2025

Unfenced army base outside Makhanda claims another life

At least six people have been killed or injured by explosives from the largely unfenced 6 SA Infantry Battalion training area

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News | 20 November 2025

Criminal courts in Cape Town are near to collapse

We need a total revamp of the criminal justice system

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Opinion | 20 November 2025

Writing exams in leaking classrooms with no electricity

The education department says it will appoint a contractor to renovate H S Phillips Secondary in Limpopo in April 2027

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Brief | 20 November 2025

US and Lesotho strike five-year health funding pact

Abrupt US aid cuts earlier this year caused havoc in the country’s health system

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News | 19 November 2025

How a group of landowners brought the Agulhas Plain back to life

The Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area was established in 2008

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News | 19 November 2025

Bo-Kaap residents call for Airbnb to be regulated

Long-standing residents say they are being pushed out by short-term rentals

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News | 19 November 2025

Unsentenced detainees spending years in prison

New legal amendments seek to address prison overcrowding crisis

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News | 19 November 2025

Child literacy: we can change how the story ends

The Funda Uphumelele National Survey shows us what must be done

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Opinion | 19 November 2025

Bid to evict District Six pensioner dismissed

Court rules an eviction would be unjust given Noor-Banu Allie’s age, limited income and deep ties to District Six

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Law | 18 November 2025

Inner city Cape Town: no room for locals

Short-term letting through various platforms, including Airbnb, locks up 70% of residential units in the central city

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Analysis | 18 November 2025

MPs condemn unsafe living conditions at occupied Cape Town building

Helen Bowden Nurses Home, near the V&A Waterfront, was occupied in 2017

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Photo Essay | 18 November 2025

We’re taking government to court for failing to provide clean water

Eastern Cape municipalities fail to realise Section 27 of the Constitution

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Opinion | 18 November 2025

Cape Town needs rent control. Here are six ways we could do it

Renting a home close to the city has become unaffordable even for many middle-class households

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Opinion | 17 November 2025

Millions in Jozi FM lottery grants have gone missing

Board chair of holding company says funds were spent on documentaries, but the station CEO says there is no proper accounting for the money

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News | 17 November 2025

Hundreds of incomplete homes stand empty in KwaZulu-Natal housing project

Provincial government has spent more than R101-million

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News | 17 November 2025