Summary image for article

SAFTU protests for R1,500 Basic Income Grant

Zwelinzima Vavi says that the R350 Covid relief grant doesn’t even buy a daily loaf of bread

By

News | 11 February 2022

Summary image for article

Broke municipality can’t provide basic services but it pays managers massive travel allowances

Amahlathi Local Municipality has a history of financial mismanagement

By and

Feature | 11 February 2022

Summary image for article

Striking workers claim they were attacked at Clover plant

One worker in hospital since Monday

By

News | 10 February 2022

Summary image for article

Shack dwellers protest for City of Cape Town to clean filthy streets

They also want the City to use labour from their area

By

Brief | 10 February 2022

Summary image for article

Bungled payroll leaves education assistants unpaid for two months in Eastern Cape

Audit underway to determine which of the province’s 40,000 education assistants were paid

By

News | 10 February 2022

Summary image for article

Less talk, more action: South Africa’s failing response to the antibiotic resistance pandemic

Our government’s report card reads: “Must do better”

By and

Science | 10 February 2022

Summary image for article

Kalk Bay’s fishers battle to keep their heritage alive

Jacobus Poggenpoel’s family has been fishing for generations but tightening quotas are putting a strain on finances

By and

Video | 10 February 2022

Summary image for article

Taking healthcare to SASSA queues: pensioners screened for hypertension

About 60% of participants are found to have high blood pressure

By

News | 10 February 2022

Summary image for article

Angry Mamelodi residents confront councillors after floods

Families say promises have been broken

By

News | 9 February 2022

Summary image for article

National Lotteries Commission board is no longer quorate

Only three members are left on the board

By

News | 9 February 2022

Summary image for article

Taps have finally been installed in this settlement, but there’s no water in them

Emakhabeleni households still waiting for treatment plant upgrade

By

Brief | 9 February 2022

Summary image for article

The “Friendly City” is filthy

Only 11 of Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s 36 refuse trucks are operational

By

Brief | 9 February 2022

Summary image for article

Entrepreneurs turn water crisis into an opportunity

Brakpan and Tsakane families without water for a week

By

News | 9 February 2022

Summary image for article

HIV incidence in South Africa has halved since 2010

This is mainly due to antiretroviral treatment and condom promotion, but male medical circumcision and behaviour change after HIV diagnosis had a role too

By

Science | 9 February 2022

Summary image for article

PRASA dropped by lawyers as billion-rand corruption deal appeal looms

Siyangena has appealed against the court judgment setting aside its contracts

By

News | 9 February 2022

Summary image for article

Court orders Gauteng Education Department to fix school where learner was electrocuted

Maubrey Mahudu died at Geluksdal Secondary School in 2017 when she touched a metal door frame

By

Law | 8 February 2022

Most Read

  1. Judge delivers judgment — after 12 years
  2. In photos: Wildfire scorches Cape Town’s Silvermine reserve
  3. In photos: Aftermath of Silvermine fire
  4. Parliament accuses activists of abusing court process
  5. Gayton McKenzie ruling against News24 overturned - mostly

Our answers to your questions

Latest reader letters

Sedgefield development

We need to protect and sustain the natural environment. Developmental pressures on dune areas affec… Read more

Why place the burden on WCED?

My question to the applicant would be, why not go to court and challenge why students are not place… Read more

From gold to black and then "stop until further notice"

This is very sad, bordering on abuse really as many elderly people made many trips and waited endle… Read more

Deputy Mayor Eddie Andrews seriously conflicted

It seems a major error of judgment, and a major injustice to the people of Cape Town, that our Mayc… Read more

The VF Plus is dead set against this development

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) also strongly opposes any form of development on the land and has … Read more