On 29 July, the City of Cape Town sent its final version of a service level plan for commuter rail to PRASA. With legal ...

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Hundreds of people who have been occupying the brightly coloured shipping containers earmarked for social housing in Alexandra, Johannesburg were evicted on Wednesday. In February families who had ...

Following the Western Cape government’s decision to cut 2,407 teacher posts beginning January 2025, the provincial Parliament met on Thursday to debate the matter. “This government can make better ...

Despite being less than 5km from a major dam, villagers near Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape have no water in their taps. As a result, hundreds of households have to get their water from streams which ...

A court challenge by the former chairman of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) Alfred Nevhutanda has delayed the forfeiture of millions of rands in assets by the state. Nevhutanda is challenging ...

Known as the “bokkom capital” of the world, Velddrif is a small fishing town on the West Coast where a type of fish biltong called “bokkoms” (a salted and dried harder fish) is sold from Bokkomlaan, ...

The building material and personal possessions belonging to 38 people the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) attempted to evict from land on the Cape Town foreshore is to be returned to the ...

The Johannesburg Labour Court has dismissed Premier Group’s urgent application to stop workers from striking at its Mister Sweet branch in Germiston. Workers downed tools on 19 August, demanding ...