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Gugulethu residents refuse to share land with Observatory occupiers
Families from Masonwabe reject City of Cape Town plan; say they waited 14 years for land they must now share with people from Singabalapha
News | 30 July 2026
Air and water pollution harming Joburg’s poorest communities
Failing wastewater treatment works, ageing sewage infrastructure, smouldering illegal dumps, industrial and urban runoff and a legacy of mining activities have ruined Joburg’s air and water
Text by Seth Thorne. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 30 July 2026
Auto strike will set a precedent, says union
NUMSA says Chinese company BAIC is paying far below industry rates
By Greg Dor
News | 29 July 2026
Budget cuts, bureaucracy and payment delays put Gauteng’s most vulnerable at risk
Almost five months into the financial year, some welfare organisations have not been paid
By Seth Thorne
News | 28 July 2026
Church band instruments worth R100,000 stolen and sold for scrap
Cape Town youth brass band pleads for help
News | 28 July 2026
Exposing a syndicate — by getting scammed
And how we were let down by a bank and the police
By Joel Cedras
News | 27 July 2026
Immigrants accuse authorities of unlawful searches at Joburg shelter
Police and City officials attempted a door-to-door search on Thursday without warrants at Wemmer Shelter amid rising tensions over immigration
News | 25 July 2026
Four years ago their son was brought home dead in a police van. They want answers.
George and Sally van Rooyen say the justice system has failed them
News | 25 July 2026
Dodgy foundation must repay R4-million lottery grant meant for school boreholes
The boreholes had existed for three years before the NLC grant was awarded to the Mshandukani Foundation
News | 24 July 2026