Court orders Western Cape Education Department to fix late school admissions

The court found the department had failed to plan adequately for late placements and the situation had been getting worse for over a decade

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Law | 2 December 2025

Eskom starts environmental assessment for a third nuclear power station

Thyspunt in the Eastern Cape and Bantamsklip in the Overberg are proposed sites

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News | 2 December 2025

Mother and three children burned alive in Langa shack fire

There were two shack fires in the area on Monday

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Brief | 2 December 2025

Waste reclaimers demand plan as Joburg’s landfills fill up

They also want to be included in the City’s solutions. But there are obstacles.

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News | 2 December 2025

Alfred Nevhutanda used Lottery money to build a holiday mansion

The SIU did not seek a preservation order to seize the house of the former chair of the Lottery as it had been sold in 2021 to an “innocent party”

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Brief | 2 December 2025

Sunday Times need not apologise for self-corrected errors

Ombud rules reputations may be harmed if it is in the public interest

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Law | 2 December 2025

Pollution stops Khayelitsha’s canoe club classes

Hyacinth and sewage are destroying the Blowy wetlands

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Brief | 2 December 2025

Understaffed, crumbling Eastern Cape clinic cannot meet demand

New temporary structure set to cost R1.2-million and take two years to complete

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News | 1 December 2025

Police foil mugging during anti-crime march

Residents from Manenberg and Gugulethu demand better policing

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Brief | 1 December 2025

Kimberley: A provincial capital sunk in sewage

Salt pans and lowlands around the town are lakes of filth

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Feature | 1 December 2025

Rent control not only fails, it entrenches inequality

The solution to housing affordability is to increase supply by building more housing

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Opinion | 1 December 2025

Activists create human chain for Palestine along Sea Point promenade

Palestine Solidarity Campaign calls for release of political prisoners, including Marwan Barghouti

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Brief | 29 November 2025

In photos: The turtle trackers of Sodwana Bay

The iSimangaliso Wetland Park’s turtle monitoring programme runs from October to April, monitoring the nesting season of these reptiles

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Photo Essay | 29 November 2025

Illegal connections leave hundreds of Cape Town households without water

Hundreds of households in Ethembeni informal settlement in Khayelitsha say water drips from the taps at night

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Brief | 29 November 2025

More than R200-million spent on unused sports stadiums by Limpopo municipalities

We know of at least eight stadiums that are currently serving no purpose

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Charts | 28 November 2025

Head of Special Tribunal quits after one year

Judge Margaret Victor’s resignation is effective end of November, yet a replacement has not been named

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Brief | 28 November 2025