Society
Covid-19: George residents thankful for its many soup kitchens
About 80 feeding schemes are operating during the lockdown, many from people’s backyards
By Mpumi Kiva
Brief | 7 April 2020
Pothole of gold at the end of the rainbow
Children earn money directing cars around potholes hidden by a flooded road in Bethelsdorp
Brief | 3 April 2020
Covid-19: Dambuza youth donate groceries to locked down street hawkers
“If I don’t go out and work that means going to bed hungry. I now have food,” says vendor
Brief | 3 April 2020
Covid-19: Circumcision schools suspended in Eastern Cape
Teams sent to Chris Hani, Komani, OR Tambo and Port St John’s to “rescue boys” in illegal schools, says Provincial Chair of House of Traditional leaders
News | 23 March 2020
Khayelitsha neighbourhood watch patrollers ask government for support
We patrol around the township barehanded, say members
By Vincent Lali
News | 10 March 2020
Racial tension over housing project
Residents from Arla Park have occupied RDP houses built for people in Snake Park informal settlement
News | 3 March 2020
Stand-off between Langa residents after tavern reopens
Owner accuses those opposing his business of being xenophobic
News | 17 February 2020
Prison officials explain Ramaphosa’s decision to reduce sentences
Officials ask Dunoon residents to accept ex-convicts back into society, as nearly 900 released from Pollsmoor
News | 17 February 2020
Protesters disrupt funeral procession for ANC councillor’s mother
Over 400 mourners were stopped on their way to Matanzima Cemetery, Uitenhage
Brief | 14 February 2020