Raising revenue from alien invasives

A pilot project in the Overberg aims to produce useful agricultural products using cleared invasive plants

Patients wait four hours for an ambulance in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Rural hospitals’ allocated ambulances park 130 to 150km away

City of Cape Town must rebuild homes, demand protesters

Their shacks were demolished because they were built on sewer pipes in need of urgent maintenance

Weaving mats for survival in rural KwaZulu-Natal

The Zikhali family have always made traditional mats, but hope their youngest daughter will have other options

Protesters express solidarity with Palestine Action hunger strikers

“It is a grotesque irony that the law should be used to criminalise opposition to genocide rather than genocide itself,” says South African Jews for a Free Palestine

Vandals delay urgent Khayelitsha sewerage maintenance

New homes for families living above sewer pipes have been destroyed

Roof blows off Lesotho airport — after MPs raised red flags

A May 2025 report called for Minister Matjato Moteane’s head. But it appears to have been ignored.

Future of SRD grant uncertain, says Treasury

Universal Basic Income Coalition says government’s proposals to link the grant to employment-related conditions could exclude eligible beneficiaries

In photos: Iconic minstrels entertain Cape Town

In photos: Thousands flock to Muizenberg beach to celebrate new year

Lesotho army admits teenagers were sexually harassed

Opposition MP says there are more cases and calls for independent inquiry

Three die when house collapses in Soweto

Confusion over whether area is illegally occupied

Tsotsi star’s house, bought with lottery funds, frozen by Special Tribunal

The late Presley Chweneyagae’s home was bought with funds meant for an anti-drug themed musical

Our favourite photos from our stories in 2025

Nowhere to swim in Komani this Christmas

Municipal swimming pools have fallen into disrepair

Eastern Cape village “electrified” after 30 years, but there is no power

Poles and electricity boxes were installed in 2023 in Nyamankulu near Cofimvaba, but Eskom and Intsika Yethu Municipality say there are outstanding issues