Is Melissa Whitehead a principled civil servant or a “cowboy”?
Her supporters say she was too progressive for Cape Town’s municipality. Her detractors accuse her of playing victim.
By Tessa Knight
News | 26 August 2019
Endlovini residents burn rubble at councillor’s office
Protesters demand toilets and electricity
Brief | 26 August 2019
Make trains safer for women and children, demand commuters
#UniteBehind and other train commuters stage picket on Friday
Brief | 26 August 2019
City says it has housing opportunities in Blue Downs
Residential serviced plots available for people with a monthly income of R9,000 to R22,000
Brief | 26 August 2019
Burn victims unable to get life changing treatment
South Africa’s only tissue bank has been empty the past two months
By Elsabé Brits
News | 26 August 2019
Limpopo villagers demand compensation before relocation for road
New tar road will cut through three homesteads in Thohoyandou
Brief | 23 August 2019
Small business owners shut down civil engineering project in Uitenhage
The group is demanding 30% of the value of an erosion control contract
Brief | 23 August 2019
Court orders hundreds of Kraaifontein farm dwellers to be relocated to Philippi
“The judgment doesn’t understand the reality confronting the people of Klein Akker Farm” says community leader
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 23 August 2019
JSC in spotlight for slow adjudication of complaints against two judges
One complaint alleges state capture. The other alleges racism and sexism.
Law | 23 August 2019