Farm workers march in rain and wind to call for ban on pesticides
They want an end to exports of harmful pesticides from Germany
Brief | 27 August 2024
Alarming Auditor-General report on municipalities
Only 34 out of 257 municipalities receive clean audits for 2022/23
By Daniel Steyn
News | 27 August 2024
Cape Town electricity protest brings traffic to a halt
“We are eating less food because we have to pay more for electricity”
News | 23 August 2024
Taxi bosses demand children use their services to get to school
But taxi association denies the letter is from them
News | 23 August 2024
Western Cape government calls for harsher penalties for attacks on social workers
There has been one attack a week on social workers since the beginning of the year
Brief | 23 August 2024
Future of the nearly 900 people living in Woodstock Hospital hangs in the balance
Cape Town Mayor commits to social housing but residents believe they will be kicked out
By Liezl Human
News | 22 August 2024
Philippi community welcomes temporary police station
This comes two years after the previous Browns Farm satellite police station was decommissioned due to severe vandalism and safety concerns
News | 22 August 2024
Farmers need support after devastating Riverlands flood
A lack of security of tenure and of agricultural support from government has compounded the disaster
By Brian Adams and David Neves
Opinion | 20 August 2024
Riverlands families struggle to pick up the pieces after flash floods
Clean-up operations are underway
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 20 August 2024