News
New CEO promises brighter future for state’s media development agency
But the MDDA’s last clean audit was in 2020/21 and the board chair, flagged by the Nugent Commission, is still in office
By Daniel Steyn
News | 28 March 2024
Damning report on “state of disrepair” of many police stations
The committee recommended that SAPS finds a way to be less dependent on Public Works
News | 28 March 2024
Centre for quadraplegics may have to close if Gauteng funding cuts are implemented
Gauteng Department of Social Development says funding decisions will be finalised before the end of March
By Daniel Steyn
News | 27 March 2024
Former PRASA board members should be declared delinquent, says SCOPA chair
Irregular and possibly corrupt security contracts led to the widespread destruction of South Africa’s rail network
News | 26 March 2024
Cape Town school in the dark because it owes thousands to Eskom
A teacher at Vergenoegd Primary in Delft, Cape Town, says they discovered that the bursar office missed payments from August 2023
News | 25 March 2024
Minister’s plan could wipe out African penguins, say scientists
Conservationists mount legal challenge to environment minister’s decision on fishing around breeding islands
By John Yeld
News | 22 March 2024
Namaqualand communities call for moratorium on all new mining rights
People from Richtersveld, Concordia, Hondeklip Bay and other Northern Cape towns marched in Springbok on Human Rights Day
By Liezl Human
News | 22 March 2024
Small-scale fishers threaten to take government to court
Unhappiness over fisheries department’s boat allocations
By Liezl Human
News | 22 March 2024
Cape Town “pilgrims” walk the length of the Gaza Strip to raise awareness
March comes as US admits Palestinians are facing “acute food insecurity”
News | 21 March 2024