Rape trials are long, expensive and difficult
Frequent postponements are frustrating and emotionally draining for both the accused and accuser
By Kelly Vinett and Saam Niami Jalinous
Feature | 31 October 2018
Taps often run dry in Eastern Cape village
Villagers say they have to draw water from a river and a dirty canal
Brief | 31 October 2018
Home Affairs in court after official tears up child’s passport
Tinashe Bello was happily at school in Cape Town until he applied for a visa to allow him to represent his school in a German soccer tournament
News | 31 October 2018
Electricity bill gives pensioner a shock
Estimated reading by City four times higher than her usual bill
News | 31 October 2018
Police and MPs blame immigrants, unemployment, gangs, and each other for crime
Much grandstanding, little substance in Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police hearing
By Saam Niami Jalinous and Kim Reynolds
News | 30 October 2018
New leaked reports show why train security has collapsed
Roy Moodley implicated in deals worth over R300 million
By Aidan Jones
Feature | 30 October 2018
Gogos pay to queue for pensions
Social grant beneficiaries pay R10 to R20 to get a space outside the Pietermaritzburg post office
News | 30 October 2018
Parents start imaginative project to stop children playing on dumpsite
“Some children developed rashes all over their bodies after playing with the rubbish”
Brief | 29 October 2018
New Rail Enforcement Unit officers will be armed
All three levels of government co-operate in latest effort to protect Cape Town’s train commuters
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Phathiswa Shushwana
Brief | 29 October 2018