Brief

Protest outside US Consulate in Cape Town as Israel moves to take over Gaza City

Activists call for America to stop supporting Israel’s war in Gaza

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Brief | 8 August 2025

Former rail line occupiers demand electricity

Protesters blocked the R300 in Cape Town on Thursday

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Brief | 8 August 2025

Sick of waiting, Khayelitsha informal settlements demand electrification

Community activists want the City and Eskom to form a comprehensive team to electrify almost a dozen settlements

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Brief | 7 August 2025

More than 80 to a class at Elim High

The school has over 2,000 learners and has been asking for additional classrooms since 2007

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Brief | 7 August 2025

Tshwane municipal workers demand salary increases

Union says 3.5% and 5.4% increases were promised in 2021 and 2023

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Brief | 6 August 2025

Lesotho aims for 10% tariff on exports to US

Government relieved by reduction from threatened 50% to 15%

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Brief | 4 August 2025

Hundreds of unemployed young people march to Nigel factories for jobs

The marchers accused the company of employing people from outside the community

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Brief | 2 August 2025

Holocaust Centre urged to recognise genocide in Gaza

Centre director alarmed by humanitarian situation, but says “the designation of genocide is a legal matter”

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Brief | 31 July 2025

Hundreds of households in Kariega left in the dark

Residents believe they are being targeted unfairly for “load reduction”

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Brief | 30 July 2025

Students march in Germiston over unpaid NSFAS fees

They are demanding that the Ekurhuleni West TVET College intervene to help desperate students

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Brief | 29 July 2025

Blue Downs residents clash with police

Two men have been arrested for public violence

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Brief | 29 July 2025

Hundreds of judgments are still late

And the late judgments list is also late

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Brief | 29 July 2025

Lifeline for penguins opens in Cape Town

A new seabird nursery at SANCCOB will incubate eggs and rear orphaned and abandoned chicks

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Brief | 28 July 2025

SA police: No evidence of Lesotho rebel army

Lesotho’s security chiefs have claimed there are illegal military training camps on SA farms

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Brief | 28 July 2025

Artscape social housing development moves ahead

1,476 social housing units planned at 16-storey development

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Brief | 25 July 2025