Brief

Covid-19: School opening delayed

Learners to return on 15 February but teachers will go back earlier

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Brief | 15 January 2021

Adopt a Pet shelter in Philippi to close after 17 years

Death of founder and funder spells closure for well-known shelter

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Brief | 13 January 2021

Westville households get electricity after 10 years

Residents believe their area will be safer without illegal connections

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Brief | 12 January 2021

RETRACTED: Court sets aside eviction of social housing occupiers, for now

NO COURT ORDER WAS MADE - ARTICLE RETRACTED

Brief | 21 December 2020

Solar-powered computer lab opens up new opportunities for students

Lab set up in a container in Barrydale

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Brief | 15 December 2020

Judge Makhubele backs down from fight with JSC

PRASA Judge will pay wasted costs

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Brief | 14 December 2020

Sex work activists demand answers from Human Rights Commission

They claim that a complaint lodged in August about sex worker Robyn Montsumi who died in police custody has gone unanswered

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Brief | 11 December 2020

Call for Swartland municipality to investigate utility accounts

Our bills are the highest in the Western Cape, says Malmesbury resident

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Brief | 10 December 2020

Families abandoned to deadly asbestos risk

Makhanda councillor says they shouldn’t have occupied buildings

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Brief | 10 December 2020

New domestic violence helpline gets more than 200 calls in four days

The helpline is serviced by experienced social workers who will give advice and help victims of gender-based violence

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Brief | 7 December 2020

Students threaten to close Nelson Mandela University

Students say they have not received National Student Financial Aid Scheme allowances

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Brief | 3 December 2020

Judges in shack demolition case fail to reach agreement

Matter to be reheard by three judges of the Western Cape High Court

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Brief | 2 December 2020

Samora Machel residents in the dark for six months

City of Cape Town says technicians need to be accompanied by police

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Brief | 2 December 2020

South Africa has the best HIV policies, report finds

Progressive policies linked to drop in new infections in Southern Africa

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Brief | 1 December 2020

Spar workers who set woman alight have been fired

But their victim is battling to recover from her burns

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Brief | 1 December 2020

Families “lost everything” in Plettenberg Bay fire

Some residents are being housed at a Temporary Relocation Area

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Brief | 1 December 2020