Picket against fossil fuels at Muizenberg beach
Protests coincide with COP28 summit underway in Dubai
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Corrupt traffic cop’s sentence “laughable” says judge
Upington traffic officer caught demanding a bribe had been fined R10,000, payable in monthly instalments of R1,000 per month
No sign of accountability for Thabo Bester’s escape
Eight months since the highly publicised Parliamentary hearing, little action has been taken by Parliament or Correctional Services
One child dead and several people injured in Bloemfontein storm
Hundreds of people in Phase 6 location lost most of their belongings and now have to rebuild their homes
Picket against “water apartheid”
There’s enough water - the problem is allocation, says protester
Metrorail shack dwellers moved, but to a space without toilets or water
First families moved off Central Line railway tracks
High rate of men murdered a national health priority, say researchers
Medical Research Council study has looked at why 87% of people murdered in South Africa are men
The informal brick makers of Dordrecht
“We are only working to put food on the table, nothing else” says Tinashe Mandobe who has made bricks in the small Eastern Cape town since 2004
Workers under Creecy’s “cleaning and greening” project demand unpaid wages
Nelson Mandela Bay ward councillor pens letter in support of workers’ demands
Australian company to start seismic survey off West Coast in January
Environmental report acknowledges that seismic blasts, which are much louder than gunshots, can kill fish particularly those with swim bladders
Township boxing gym punches far above its weight
Mzi Damesi started the Overstrand Whale Boxing Club nearly 20 years ago in Hermanus
Hundreds of women farm workers march to Paarl police station
Among the demands is that police in the Cape Winelands be trained on how to properly handle GBV cases
South African primary school team takes top spot in coding tournament
The #Coding4Mandela championship was held virtually on Tuesday
From local theatre to Netflix film: young Philippi actor hopes to inspire township youth
Bonani Ngamlane auditioned in his tiny shack for Netflix’s latest South African film The Queenstown Kings
South Africa needs to spend an extra R535-billion a year to meet climate goals
Climate investments need to jump from R131-million a year, Presidential Climate Commission says
Criminals terrorise aged gold mining area
Four years after notorious gang leader was shot by police, Roodepoort families still live in fear
Transgender woman who says she was raped in police custody has waited four years for justice
High Court judge critical of the Minister of Police’s “lackadaisical approach” to dealing with the matter
Large fraction of Johannesburg without electricity since Saturday
City Power predicts seven days to restore power after fire gutted Observatory substation
“Xenophobic” Makhubela should not be part of Joburg flame inquiry, say activists
Picket outside Commission of Inquiry into Albert Street fire
Lottery whistleblower is one of five South Africans to win international award
Mzukisi Makatse recognised by Blueprint for Free Speech
Third qualified audit in a row for National Lotteries Commission
But there is a silver lining as the findings mostly deal with legacy grants made under the watch of the previous board and management
Trains to return to Stellenbosch by year end, says Metrorail
Residents struggling to pay for alternative transport look forward to the return of rail services
More than 100 homes destroyed in Philippi weekend blaze
No fatalities but 362 people left to rebuild from the ashes
African dinosaurs and the sixth mass extinction
Palaeobiologist Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan speaks at GroundUp’s Science for the People seminar