Quick explainer: the new inflation target

Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has announced a new inflation target of 3% a year. What does this mean and why does it matter?

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Explainer | 25 November 2025

UCT astronomer’s photo of neutron star makes headlines

Kelebogile Gasealahwe’s work could shed light on jets emitted by these stars

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News | 25 November 2025

Calls for Nestlé to remove sugar from baby foods

Swiss investigative outlet claims Nestlé is misrepresenting sugar content

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News | 25 November 2025

Festival showcases disabled artists

Singers, dancers, painters at three-day Unmute ArtsAbility Arts Festival in Cape Town

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News | 25 November 2025

Durban residents demand tap water and an end to water tankers

People in Ngoqokazi and Amatikwe, near Inanda, have been without running water since 2017

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Brief | 24 November 2025

Operation Dudula blocks access to clinics, violating court order

Witness testimony plus a visit by GroundUp to clinics confirms this. Clinic security guards are also blocking access to immigrants.

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Feature | 24 November 2025

Lesotho to release hundreds of prisoners to reduce overcrowding

The government says it is busy implementing recommendations made 22 years ago by the Judge White Commission into prison conditions

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News | 24 November 2025

R22-million Limpopo sports complex stands unused

Makhuvha Sports Complex outside Thohoyandou has been left to ruin

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Brief | 24 November 2025

Orange Farm’s crime fighting patrollers

Community members have lauded efforts by the crime patrollers to make their streets safer, with over 400 people already part of the initiative

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News | 24 November 2025

In photos: Thousands protest to end violence against women

Government classifies GBV and femicide a national disaster, but it’s unclear what policies will follow from this

Ashraf Hendricks, Ihsaan Haffejee, Ishmael Mabena, Johnnie Isaacs, Thamsanqa Mbovane and Tsoanelo Sefoloko

News | 21 November 2025

Court orders Lesotho dams authority to pay 600 villagers compensation

Villagers in Bobete lost access to riverine resources since the Katse Dam was built

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Law | 21 November 2025

GBV victims travel nearly 200km to reach nearest state shelter

A local resident has now turned her own four-room home into a safehouse for many women in Beaufort West who have nowhere to go

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News | 21 November 2025

Domestic violence against women: More cases are being reported to police

Women might be more likely to report cases than before, or violence is actually increasing.

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Charts | 21 November 2025

In photos: Wynberg main road — a safe haven for immigrant families

People from the diaspora call this old part of Cape Town home

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Photo Essay | 21 November 2025

Artists and activists take over Joburg skyline ahead of G20 summit

They projected a series of illustrations, demanding urgent action on the global debt crisis and climate accountability

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Photo Essay | 20 November 2025

Parliament takes social housing regulator to task over stalled projects

Ten projects with more than 3,800 units still need to be completed

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Brief | 20 November 2025