21-year court battle over TB in prisons ends in R1-million payout
Most of the payout is interest calculated from when state’s liability for TB contraction in prisons was established in 2012
Law | 30 June 2026
Deadline for SAPS to stock child rape kits at Western Cape police stations
Parliamentary oversight visits found shortages of sexual assault evidence kits and discrepancies in police stock records
Brief | 30 June 2026
“Better to be safe than sorry” – 1,800 Zimbabweans seek repatriation
Immigrant families have been displaced in the Western Cape
News | 29 June 2026
COSATU urges workers to reject “fabricated” 30 June deadline
Xenophobia is “intended to distract attention from the abject failures of government” says COSATU’s Malvern de Bruyn
By Liezl Human
News | 29 June 2026
In photos: Displaced Zimbabweans moved to repatriation site in the rain
Families are fleeing South Africa as xenophobic tensions rise
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 28 June 2026
Zimbabwean families stranded in Cape Town as cold front approaches
Fears of violence on 30 June drive hundreds from their homes
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 27 June 2026
Attempted murder charges added to Philippi massacre case
Two accused now face charges related to the murder of nine and attempted murder of three people in an alleged extortion hit
Brief | 23 June 2026
Toddler falls into sinkhole as Khayelitsha sewer repairs stall
City of Cape Town says shacks built on collapsed sewer line have to be moved
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 22 June 2026
Heritage farmhouse in McGregor unlawfully demolished by municipality
Historic buildings left to be stripped, despite provincial MPLs recommending it be used as a safe house
News | 22 June 2026