Brief

Philippi residents beat, stone and burn man to death for robbery

“People are fed up and disappointed with the police and the justice system, and are now forced to take the law into their own hands.”

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Brief | 12 January 2026

Patients wait four hours for an ambulance in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Rural hospitals’ allocated ambulances park 130 to 150km away

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Brief | 8 January 2026

City of Cape Town must rebuild homes, demand protesters

Their shacks were demolished because they were built on sewer pipes in need of urgent maintenance

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Brief | 7 January 2026

Nowhere to swim in Komani this Christmas

Municipal swimming pools have fallen into disrepair

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Brief | 22 December 2025

Eastern Cape village “electrified” after 30 years, but there is no power

Poles and electricity boxes were installed in 2023 in Nyamankulu near Cofimvaba, but Eskom and Intsika Yethu Municipality say there are outstanding issues

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Brief | 22 December 2025

The youth leader, his ex-wife and the frozen Lottery money

The Special Tribunal has frozen R2.7-million of proceeds from the sale of a house that Alfred Sigudhla and Patience Chauke owned. The house was bought with funds meant for community development.

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Brief | 18 December 2025

Foot-and-mouth disease hits Limpopo

Three recent outbreaks pose a threat to small-scale farmers’ livelihoods

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Brief | 18 December 2025

Municipality silent on why it can’t provide electricity

“We no longer care about bricks because we know they will take forever,” says Komani woman who has lived in shacks for 24 years

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Brief | 18 December 2025

Pensioners build their own community hall

Households donate a minimum of R100 to the project

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Brief | 17 December 2025

City of Cape Town is a step closer to operating train services

Council approves business plan but devolution of rail will depend on funding from the Treasury

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Brief | 16 December 2025

Protesters demand Cape Town holocaust centre recognise genocide in Gaza

The vigil also marks International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide

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Brief | 9 December 2025

Community fights to reopen primary school

Policy to close small schools forces children to walk far to get to school

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Brief | 9 December 2025

Kouga’s failed R1.4-million mini market project

A mini fresh food and craft market for Hankey never opened

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Brief | 8 December 2025

Lesotho regulator finds Vodacom guilty of unfair market practices

Communications authority says the company altered contract terms without prior communication

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Brief | 5 December 2025

Three candidates recommended for Lottery chair

Portfolio committee’s recommendation must be confirmed by national assembly, and then Minister Parks Tau has the final say

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Brief | 5 December 2025

Flood victims’ homes demolished by Ethekwini Municipality

Municipality says the shacks are built unlawfully and bylaws need to be enforced

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Brief | 5 December 2025