Collapsing Asbestos Classrooms Force Cradock School Closure
Parents doubt government promise to rebuild their school
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Fed-up Residents Grab Brooms and Shovels to Fix Their Town
“We need to work together to get the town back in shape and be proud of it”
Pit Toilets: Eastern Cape Parents Take Matters Into Their Own Hands
Parents at Good Hope Primary in Cofimvaba are building their own toilets
Tongaat Hulett Liquidation Avoided After Government Provides R200-Million Lifeline
Last-minute funding deal allows the struggling sugar giant’s mills to open for the season, buying time for more than 18,000 KZN canegrowers
Affordable Housing: Beyond Empty Promises
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament. Note to Editor: This speech was delivered during the interpellation debate on Affordable Housing
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The Ancient Tribe Without a Piece of Land They Can Call Their Own
Dorah Begwa has been fighting for land for her clan for more than 30 years
Slovo Park: A Decade of Winning in Court, Losing on the Ground
After decades of struggle, residents still lack sanitation and water infrastructure
Army Enters Lavender Hill, but Some Are Sceptical
Gang violence continues on Cape Flats
After Six Years, Man Is Jailed for Life in DNA Bungled Murder Case
Thozamile Flathela was convicted of murdering his partner Simbongile Mancotywa in Cofimvaba in 2020
A “Subscription Model” for Basic Rights
The Draft 2026/27 Budget effectively formalises a "City-as-a-Service" model, where the privilege of being a resident is increasingly defined by mandatory, high-cost subscriptions rather than actual service usage.
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Take Me to the River: Baptisms in Joburg’s Polluted Water
Years of systemic failures have poisoned the Klip River
Pentecostal Churches Are a Place of Everyday Care, Not Just Bizarre Spectacle: Southern African Study
In most churches, religious life forms around friendships, love, emotional support and social events.
Nigel Families Waiting 30 Years for Promised RDP Homes
About 100 households still live in shacks in Alra Park while their neighbours on either side live in completed RDP houses
Thanks for the Bucks Enoch
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the concession by the Minister of Finance, Mr Enoch Godongwana, to reduce the fuel levy by R3 for one month. It offers hard-pressed motorists some relief, but the lost tax revenue will eventually have to be recovered. The Freedom Front Plus recently asked the Minister, in the form […]
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The City Must Halt Illegal Stadio Agreement
Speech by Jonathan Cupido, GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor. Note to Editor: This speech was delivered today at the City of Cape Town Council Meeting
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City Fails to Meet Housing and Job Targets
Speaker, in less than a year, the City has tabled an adjustment budget in August 2025, again in January 2026, and now in March 2026. Each time, the explanation shifts. Each time, the targets move. And each time, it's sold as being normal, but it's not.
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Africa’s Electric Motorbike Future Can Be Built Locally and Powered by Solar – Our 6,000KM Ride Shows What’s Possible
Research suggests a shift to electric mobility is technically and economically feasible.
Stellenbosch Backyarders Demand Housing on Golf Course
Backyarders marched to the mayor’s office on Tuesday
The ‘No Hope’ Local Municipality
There is clearly no hope left for the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging). Rand Water’s latest attachment of the Municipality’s bank account is the final nail in the coffin for this administration. Rand Water took this drastic step last week after Emfuleni failed to fully settle a debt of R300 million […]
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Aunty Pat’s BnB Regulations
The rental of homes in decent neighbourhoods of Cape Town is becoming increasingly unaffordable to local residents.
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Flooding Forces Limpopo Schools to Close
Heavy rains in Vhembe have washed away bridges and damaged roads
Tongaat: A Ticking Time Bomb Set to Go off in April
The company’s mills must open soon for the sugarcane harvest, but its bank accounts are frozen
Madagascan-Inspired Dance Festival in Soweto Confronts Social Issues
The fourth ITROTRA–MAP Dance Festival was held last week with artists coming from Madagascar, Mozambique, Sweden, France and Germany
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