Brief

Durban students protest housing crisis

Hundreds of Thekwini College TVET students say they haven’t been able to pay for residences due to funding bungle

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Brief | 25 February 2025

UCT and SRC strike deal to help students with outstanding debt

The university says it will not be “covering or waiving” any debt

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Brief | 24 February 2025

Former tavern has served as a clinic for decades

Eastern Cape health department has no funds to build Tsomo a clinic

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Brief | 24 February 2025

Hundreds join pro-Palestine rally in Sea Point

Palestine Solidarity Campaign renews call for SA government to cut ties with Israel, among other demands

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Brief | 22 February 2025

Union calls on government to save steelworkers’ jobs

3,500 jobs at risk in the industry as ArcelorMittal considers retrenchments

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Brief | 21 February 2025

Ukrainians in Cape Town honour victims of Russian invasion

More protests are planned in Durban and Pretoria

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Brief | 21 February 2025

KZN activist shot dead

Vusi Banda – Mondlo Township Civic Organisation chairperson – was murdered on Thursday

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Brief | 21 February 2025

Nearly five years and R38-million later, Mamelodi families still don’t have a clinic

The City of Tshwane fired the construction company last year

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Brief | 21 February 2025

Mondlo residents want to leave their municipality

Hundreds of people marched to the Abaqulusi Municipality offices to demand services

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Brief | 20 February 2025

Waste management project is changing lives in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Kenneth Shelembe says he makes a living wage through the Nquthu Waste Management Project

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Brief | 20 February 2025

Over 100 learners squeeze into one room at this overcrowded school

Ketlane Primary School in Limpopo says its pleas for help from the provincial education department have gone unanswered

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Brief | 20 February 2025

Diepsloot protesters call for Premier’s help in dispute with Eskom

Dozens of transformers installed by residents have been removed by the power utility

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Brief | 19 February 2025

Second day of protests rocks UCT campus

Students storm administration building, block entrances

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Brief | 18 February 2025

Cape Town museum tells story of life in Palestine

Gaza Remains the Story exhibit is on at the Homecoming Centre

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Brief | 18 February 2025

Netball tournament brings locals and immigrants together in Gqeberha

“Our vision is to use sport … to unite people of all colours and origins”

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Brief | 17 February 2025

Protest at medical conference against Israeli speaker

Activists condemn Professor Didi Fabian’s presence at the Ophthalmological Society of South Africa’s Congress

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Brief | 14 February 2025