Shack dwellers hope for subsidised solar power
The City of Cape Town is considering partnering with alternative energy providers for informal settlements
News | 21 February 2024
Increase tax on sugary drinks to fund an increase in social grants, say activists
Higher sugar tax would also save on health care
News | 21 February 2024
We are living in a desert, say Qwaqwa residents
More than 140,000 households are struggling with a minimal water supply or no tap water at all
Brief | 21 February 2024
R18-million spent but Butterworth public pool has never opened
The swimming pool took ten years to build and was completed four years ago
Brief | 21 February 2024
Nelson Mandela University students block campus entrance over unpaid NSFAS funds
Lectures are taking place online
Brief | 20 February 2024
One year and counting: The Supreme Court of Appeal has still not handed down judgment in the vital Tafelberg case
Court says judgment should be delivered within three weeks
News | 20 February 2024
Man who was assaulted by police dies three months later
Ugochukwu Emmanuel Nnoli’s family suspect the assault played a role in his death
News | 20 February 2024
Education department’s electricity cut off for owing millions of rands
Eastern Cape provincial education department’s offices in Nelson Mandela Bay have been in the dark since December
Brief | 20 February 2024
#UniteBehind’s seven-year push for accountability at PRASA
The activist group is fighting legal battles to bring those responsible for the collapse of railway services to book
By Lucas Nowicki and Marecia Damons
News | 20 February 2024