Covid grant should be increased to at least R413, say civil society groups
A new means test and bank verification process has resulted in far fewer people getting the grant
By Liezl Human
News | 20 March 2023
Thabo Bester saga: Prison department denies it has autopsy report. Here it is!
The autopsy was completed a day after the fire and found that the man was dead before his body was burnt
By Daniel Steyn and Marecia Damons
News | 18 March 2023
More evidence links Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana
“If these reports are found to be true, this would prove to be the most sensational escape in the history of our nation” says ministerial spokesperson
By Daniel Steyn and Marecia Damons
News | 17 March 2023
Nearly 600 families at a temporary relocation area in Durban share eight toilets
eThekwini Municipality says its water and sanitation unit is busy with repairs
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 17 March 2023
Children at Cape Town crèche caught in a dispute over rubbish
Councillor says rubbish container can’t be moved onto nearby private land; landowner says no one has ever asked him
News | 17 March 2023
Man resembling Thabo Bester spotted in Sandton, nearly two months after his supposed death in prison fire
Woman in photo could be celebrity doctor Nandipha Magudumana
By Daniel Steyn and Marecia Damons
News | 16 March 2023
NEHAWU members go back to work
Union ends strike, returns to negotiating table after deal with government
By Liezl Human
Brief | 16 March 2023
Centurion protesters block streets over three-week water outage
“My house smells bad because I cannot flush the toilet or wash dishes” says resident
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 16 March 2023
At last PRASA partly opens Cape Town’s Central Line
The service will run only from Nyanga to Maitland
News | 16 March 2023