Photo of Minister Ebrahim Patel

Covid-19: Minister puts a stop to lottery ticket sales

Unclear why National Lotteries Commission was selling a non-essential good during lockdown

By

News | 25 April 2020

Photo of child

Covid-19: Autism community pleads for relaxed lockdown rules

“I have no fence so I am forced to keep him indoors. Taking a walk is very important for his mental and physical benefit”

By

News | 24 April 2020

Photo of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma,

Covid-19: Dlamini-Zuma faces challenge over threat to lock-up infected people

“The prevention of the spread of the virus can be achieved through self-isolation at home”

By

News | 24 April 2020

Photo of Lottery sign

Covid-19: You can’t buy warm food, but you can buy Lottery tickets

No explanation offered as to why this has remained an essential good

By

Opinion | 24 April 2020

Photo of people in a hall

Fruit packhouse continues operations after Covid-19 scare

Department of Health acted swiftly in screening and testing at fruit packhouse

By

News | 24 April 2020

Photo of Pollsmoor Prison

Covid-19: Call for Minister to release prisoners

“There is every reason to fear that the virus may spread more fearsomely within our correctional system, and soon”

By

Brief | 24 April 2020

Photo of Boksburg prison

Covid-19 and the perils of over-incarceration

Inspecting judge calls for prisoner releases

By

Opinion | 24 April 2020

Photo of building

Covid-19 lockdown bridges social divide for Durban’s homeless

Raymond Perrier of the Denis Hurley Centre says it took three days to achieve what NGOs had been trying to do for three years

By

Interview | 24 April 2020

Photo of crowd with police

Covid-19: Residents protest as patients with coronavirus transferred to rural hospital

MEC calls for eradication of stigma against Covid-19 patients

By

News | 23 April 2020

Photo of man in front of his demolished shack

Shacks demolished in Cato Manor

“We have every right to the land and even have a court interdict protecting us from demolitions” says resident

By

News | 23 April 2020

Photo of Cyril Ramaphosa

Covid-19: Ramaphosa’s plan is good, but the budget is insufficient

An in-depth analysis of the social grants component of the relief package

By

Analysis | 23 April 2020

Photo of broken toilets full of rubble

The never-ending nightmare of going to the toilet in Burundi settlement

City of Cape Town says five janitors clean the communal toilets daily

By

News | 23 April 2020

Photo of a woman

Covid-19: Informal traders will need support after the lockdown

Millions of South Africans are dependent on the informal economy

By

Opinion | 23 April 2020

Alex Midikana sits amongst his belongings as shacks are removed. When Law Enforcement arrived yesterday, Midikana’s home was spared. Today it too was removed. Photo: Brenton Geach

City vs shack dwellers: Occupations and demolitions escalate in Cape Town

Despite last week’s court order, new shacks are being erected next to Empolweni and the City is tearing them down.

By

Photo Essay | 22 April 2020

Photo of president Ramaphosa

Covid-19: Unpacking President Ramaphosa’s rescue package

A major step forward, but some warning lights are flashing

By

Analysis | 22 April 2020

Photo of a Zim passport

Covid-19: Zimbabwean nationals ask to be repatriated

Consul General says the embassy is compiling a list of people willing to return to Zimbabwe

By

News | 22 April 2020

Most Read

  1. “We can see the way children are treated by the way they treat their dogs”
  2. Former Lottery board member ordered to pay back R21-million in stolen grant funds
  3. Strike at Australian-owned plant in Boksburg
  4. Security guards say they were fired for joining unions
  5. Violent crime on Table Mountain is increasing, volunteers warn

Our answers to your questions

Latest reader letters

Call for Holocaust Centre to designate Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide should be resisted

The call for the Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre to designate Israel’s actions in Gaza as a… Read more

Dramatic increase in costs of Lesotho water project

Another government contract, another dramatic increase in costs and another promise of a turnaround… Read more