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Opponent of Mine Extension Bordering iMfolozi-Hluhluwe Murdered Last Night
A vocal opponent of plans to extend Somkhele coal mine, one of South Africa’s largest open coal mines, situated on the border of iMfolozi-Hluhluwe...
Esteemed South African Novelist Stephen Gray Dies at 78
Stephen Gray, the South African novelist, poet, biographer, literary scholar, editor, critic and academic, died in Johannesburg on October 22 after a short illness....
No Housing on Rondebosch Golf Club for Now
The City of Cape Town has granted in-principle approval of the Rondebosch Golf Club lease renewal, stating that the area is “not suitable for...
New Fossil Tracks Belonging to Human Ancestors Found in South Africa
Around a hundred thousand years ago, South Africa’s Cape south coast was a busy place. Giraffes, crocodiles, hatchling sea turtles and large bird species...
Farm Workers March for Land
About 150 farm workers marched from Hanover Street to Parliament in Cape Town on Thursday in response to the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform...
John Steenhuisen: “Extension of State of Disaster is a Blatant Power Grab”
CoGTA Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has once again extended the national state of disaster, which was set to expire today, justifying it with “the need...
Cape Town Mom Couldn’t Find A School for Her Autistic Son. So She Started...
When Phumeza Booi Welisa from New Crossroads in Cape Town could not find a school suitable for her son with autism, she had no...
Opinion: Lockdown Didn’t Work in South Africa: Why It Shouldn’t Happen Again
At the start of October, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Chinese government lauded South Africa’s response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Yet...
“Not Everything That Came Out of Covid-19 Situation was Bad”
“Not everything that came out of this Covid-19 situation was bad,” says aspiring artist Njabulo Khuzani. Khuzani is one of the many homeless people...
Fixing South Africa’s Minibus Taxi Industry is Proving Hard: Tracing Its History Shows Why
The South African government has initiated a process to formalise and regulate the country’s large, yet informal minibus taxi industry, with a view to...
