Residents help Free State municipality restore electricity
Dozens of people from affected villages helped officials for several days to erect fallen electricity pylons
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 4 November 2024
Mamelodi residents struggle to claim UIF as labour office closed
The department says it shut the offices out of safety concerns in August after sporadic service delivery protests
Brief | 4 November 2024
Patients cross river and bush to get to nearest clinic
Eastern Cape Department of Health says there’s no budget to build a clinic for residents of Sicweza village just outside Flagstaff
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
Brief | 4 November 2024
Blooming good: How a desert garden is saving endangered plants
The Richtersveld Desert Botanical Garden is a lifeline for plants species endemic to the region
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 4 November 2024
How the Legal Resources Centre has fought for human rights
Speech by Geoff Budlender on accepting the fourth George Bizos Human Rights Award
Opinion | 4 November 2024
President finally appoints judges to “collapsed” Special Tribunal
Retired Judge Margaret Victor has been appointed president of the Tribunal
Law | 1 November 2024
Castle occupiers removed
The group had been living on the grounds since 2020 but the high court recently granted an order to evict them
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by David Harrison.
News | 1 November 2024
Magistrate becomes witness in his own matter
Interpol insisting on an interview forces magistrate to recuse himself from an extradition case
Law | 1 November 2024
COP16: Will humanity live in harmony with nature? The stakes have never been higher
The 16th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity was held in South America this past fortnight
By John Yeld
News | 1 November 2024