News
Thabo Bester escape: no reason for bail to be granted, says prosecutor
Lawyers for the accused say they won’t evade trial
By Daniel Steyn and Becker Semela
News | 23 May 2023
Government criticised for blaming Covid for the country’s literacy crisis
Department of basic education needs to take responsibility for “devastating” literacy rates, say opposition and civil society
By Liezl Human
News | 23 May 2023
Khayelitsha families want asbestos roofing removed
Project to fix houses was halted during Covid
By Vincent Lali
News | 23 May 2023
Amathole villagers drink from the river while new contractor for water project appointed
Municipality takes over drinking water project meant to have been completed last year
News | 23 May 2023
Motsoaledi rubbishes Dr Nandipha’s court bid to have her arrest in Tanzania declared “unlawful”
Thabo Bester finally added to Home Affairs’s data system after three decades as “an unidentifiable person”
News | 22 May 2023
Having withstood apartheid removals, District Six families fight eviction by new owner
Original District Six cottages now face the threat of developer’s bulldozers
News | 22 May 2023
UCT chair resigns following governance panel’s recommendations
Report makes several findings against Babalwa Ngonyama, particularly in relation to her treatment of former deputy vice-chancellor Lis Lange
News | 22 May 2023
Thabo Bester escape: Lawyers challenge police officer’s objections to bail
Bail application for five accused continued for a third day
By Becker Semela and Daniel Steyn
News | 19 May 2023
Inmate Teboho Molemohi was murdered in Mangaung prison. His mother was never told what happened
Six people were convicted for Teboho’s murder, but no-one told his mother
By Daniel Steyn and Becker Semela
News | 19 May 2023