Adderley Street Flower Sellers Oppose Planned Rules and Tariffs
The City of Cape Town says it wants to upgrade the market and consultations are ongoing
GroundUp
Rural Eastern Cape Children Left to Hitchhike to School
About 80 learners from the Enon farming community have been without scholar transport this year
Central Karoo Lags Behind Western Cape’s Progress
Teenage pregnancy, low birth weights, and high neonatal mortality plague the areas around Beaufort West and Laingsburg
MPs Criticise Lack of Clarity on Domestic Deployment of the Army
According to SAPS, deployment of soldiers will run from 1 March 2026 to 31 March 2027
Nine Taxis Torched in Nyanga
Driver and commuters concerned about resurgence of violent taxi feud
Tongaat Liquidation Will Devastate Economy
Minister Parks Tau opposes liquidation, says it will cause a “jobs bloodbath”
SA’s Harbours Are Slowly Recovering
Cape Town port hit record numbers in 2024
Activists Criticise Social Grant “Savings”
The Universal Basic Income Coalition says tighter controls risk excluding eligible beneficiaries
Arms Committee Fails to Explain SA’s Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE
National Conventional Arms Control Committee has not filed record of decisions despite being ordered to do so by the High Court in 2021
Minister Increases Quotas for Small-Scale Fishers
More licenses for linefish vessels and the crayfish season extended
R66-Million Lottery Grant for Netball Courts Halted After Investigation
Special Investigating Unit has launched a probe into a grant to Netball SA for a World Cup 2023 legacy project
Observatory Land Occupiers Wait to Hear Their Fate
The City of Cape Town has offered to move families living on Main Road to a site in Gugulethu
Our Pool Is a Dumping Site, Say Joburg Residents
Only 32 of the city’s 57 public pools are open this summer
Philippi East Massacre: Second Suspect Appears in Court
A third suspect is still at large
Train to Mitchell’s Plain Finally Gets Going
But equipment failures are already causing delays
Lottery Fraudsters Must Personally Pay back R14-Million
Judge Margaret Victor ruled that brothers Tshimangadzo and Ndoweni Mukutu acted in concert to defraud the National Lotteries Commission
A R24-Million Sports Centre and Nowhere to Train
Kokstad’s pool is empty and the soccer field is too hard
Volunteers Raise Alarm Over Animal Abuse in Clanwilliam
The Clanwilliam Animal Welfare Society say they are “overburdened” and are without support from the Cederberg municipality
“Abysmal” Service at Pretoria Master’s Office
The Department of Justice says it is addressing backlogs
I Was Shot in the Head in 1986. I’m Still Paying the Price
Why gun violence is a public health crisis
UCT Staff Strike Ends as Agreement Is Reached
Unions accept 3.5% increase as progress made on other issues
Judge Makhubele Fights to Keep Her Job
Suspended Gauteng High Court Judge seeks to stop Parliament from proceeding with impeachment
How a Company Is Making Affordable Housing Possible
And what municipalities can do to help
Woman With Throat Cancer Waits 11 Years for House
Noncedo Holiwe lives in a crumbling, two-roomed mud house with broken windows and a leaking roof