Cutting of 2,400 teacher posts questioned in Western Cape Parliament

MEC for education David Maynier insists it is an “absolute last resort”

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Brief | 12 September 2024

SASSA underspent R4-billion on SRD grants, says Auditor General

Members of Parliament criticise the agency for R316-million in overpayments

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News | 12 September 2024

PRASA appeals against court instruction to return material belonging to land occupiers

Last week, the Western Cape gave PRASA 24 hours to return the group’s belongings or build them temporary housing

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News | 11 September 2024

City of Cape Town pushes for plan from PRASA to manage commuter rail

Legal correspondence over finalisation of rail agreement exchanged

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News | 10 September 2024

PRASA accused of contempt of court

The rail agency was ordered to restore shelter to people it evicted from Cape Town Foreshore in August

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Brief | 10 September 2024

Woman in wheelchair narrowly escapes death in Dunoon shack fire

Nearly 50 people left homeless

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Brief | 9 September 2024

Province tells City of Cape Town to clean up Dunoon

Warning on pollution and health hazards in informal settlement

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Brief | 9 September 2024

At least 116 children died from malnutrition in the Eastern Cape in one year

Conference on hunger hears there’s more than enough food. Policy failures by both government and corporations are causing hunger.

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News | 9 September 2024

Small West Coast town is the world capital of this delicacy

In photos: Velddrif’s bokkom industry

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Photo Essay | 9 September 2024