US funding remains frozen for many life-saving services

Despite waivers, court judgments and assurances from the embassy, USAID funding for projects that provide HIV medication has not resumed

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News | 21 February 2025

Union calls on government to save steelworkers’ jobs

3,500 jobs at risk in the industry as ArcelorMittal considers retrenchments

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Brief | 21 February 2025

Ukrainians in Cape Town honour victims of Russian invasion

More protests are planned in Durban and Pretoria

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Brief | 21 February 2025

KZN activist shot dead

Vusi Banda – Mondlo Township Civic Organisation chairperson – was murdered on Thursday

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Brief | 21 February 2025

Icebreaker returns from Antarctica with alarming news

Scientists aboard the SA Agulhas II have been tracking ocean health

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Feature | 21 February 2025

Nearly five years and R38-million later, Mamelodi families still don’t have a clinic

The City of Tshwane fired the construction company last year

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Brief | 21 February 2025

Kariega families say municipality is moving them to a dump site

More than 100 families living under power lines at Moeggesukkel informal settlement are being moved to a site littered with rubbish

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News | 21 February 2025

Judge blocks bequest to white supremacist organisation

Cape Town man’s bequest to Boerelegioen declared invalid

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Law | 20 February 2025

Chaos outside Cape Town schools as parents demand places for their children

Parents say their children are subjected to poor learning conditions at Solomon Mahlangu Primary School

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News | 20 February 2025

Parliament urged to pass law on detention of immigrants

Bill hailed as “progressive” by COSATU, but other organisations say it doesn’t go far enough

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News | 20 February 2025

Mondlo residents want to leave their municipality

Hundreds of people marched to the Abaqulusi Municipality offices to demand services

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Brief | 20 February 2025

Gugulethu housing project delayed by extortion rackets

Over 570 houses “on hold” in Cape Town

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News | 20 February 2025

Waste management project is changing lives in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Kenneth Shelembe says he makes a living wage through the Nquthu Waste Management Project

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Brief | 20 February 2025

Over 100 learners squeeze into one room at this overcrowded school

Ketlane Primary School in Limpopo says its pleas for help from the provincial education department have gone unanswered

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Brief | 20 February 2025

Budget postponement is a “blessing in disguise” says COSATU

Hundreds marched in Cape Town ahead of budget announcement

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News | 19 February 2025

Diepsloot protesters call for Premier’s help in dispute with Eskom

Dozens of transformers installed by residents have been removed by the power utility

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Brief | 19 February 2025