Brief
Parents exhume son’s remains five years after state mistakenly buried him
In 2021, Msindisi Phike was buried by the state as a pauper while his family was still waiting for his DNA results to be completed
Brief | 29 January 2026
Call to scrap “apartheid-era” passport control with Lesotho
A human rights organisation has petitioned South Africa’s Parliament to scrap passports at Lesotho borders
Brief | 29 January 2026
Keep your teacher, we don’t want her, parents tell education department
Parents demand removal of Eastern Cape school principal
Brief | 28 January 2026
Family demands answers after teen drowns in mining pit
It is unclear who owns the land where the accident occurred. Police have called for assistance.
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 28 January 2026
Philippi remembers massacre victims
Nine people were killed in a shooting at a tavern last Saturday
Brief | 28 January 2026
Upgrades to Polokwane taxi rank delayed for months
Polokwane municipality says R36-million project will be completed by March 2026
Brief | 28 January 2026
250 learners share three pit toilets at this Eastern Cape school
Fama Primary School in Flagstaff is falling apart
Brief | 27 January 2026
Two more years of sewage stink for Polokwane families
Upgrades to the wastewater treatment works delayed until 2028/29 after contractors fired for poor performance
Brief | 27 January 2026
Teenager in court for murder of nine people
At least two other suspects in Philippi mass shooting still at large
Brief | 26 January 2026