Decision expected by end of year on people living on the streets of central Cape Town
Court judgment in eviction hearing reserved
Cape Town Buzz
Crime
Thabo Bester escape: Trial to start in February 2024
Charges against three of the 12 accused have been withdrawn
Crime
Bester and Magudumana threaten court action to stop book release
Thabo Bester wants to “avoid being prosecuted by and in the media”, according to his lawyers
News
Ad agencies pressure their colleagues not to work for fossil fuel companies
Clean Creatives has published a list of agencies with coal, oil, and gas clients.
News
Some pensioners are still queuing for hours for their grants
But payments seem to be going more smoothly, at least in some places
Cape Town Buzz
Activists claim thousands of parcels of public land under-used in Cape Town
According to NU, 1,945 parcels of vacant and underutilised land are owned by the City of Cape Town, 522 by the province, 215 by national government, 58 by state-owned enterprises, and 37 under other public spheres.
Cape Town Buzz
Social housing in Woodstock: City wins heritage hearing
Woodstock residents intend to appeal, saying they support social housing but some green space needed.
News
Four years and R7-million later, villages still sit without power
Mzimvubu Municipality has been incapable of finishing an electrification project it started in 2018.
Cape Town Buzz
Langa residents up in arms over indoor sports centre closure
“We are too unfit to compete against other clubs” says Langa rugby player
News
Grant recipients have to take loans because of ‘payment glitch’
“It’s my only source of income” says pensioner.
News
Zimbabweans in SA march to demand elections be nullified
“We just want to go home,” protesters chanted
News
Loved ones who perished in the Joburg building fire
We spoke to surviving relatives at the Hofland Community Centre shelter.
News
Farm workers march against pesticides
They call on European company to stop exporting EU-banned pesticides to South Africa
News
Residents of Johannesburg’s ‘dark buildings’ fear for their lives after deadly fire
Fires are a constant threat for people living in dilapidated buildings without electricity.
News
Protesters support vigilante taxi drivers outside KwaNobuhle court
Five “jikeleza” drivers charged with attempted murder.
Crime
Nandipha Magudumana’s kidnapping claim questioned by state
Magudumana has ‘a right to liberty’ until convicted, court told
Cape Town Buzz
Taxi task team reach agreement, but stay mum on details
Three-day imbizo on the way forward for the mini-bus taxi industry ends on a positive note
Cape Town Buzz
11th-hour out-of-court settlement reached on West Coast diamond mining
A major legal battle over the extension of 30-year mining rights has been averted
Cape Town Buzz
Elderly Gugulethu women celebrated at end of Women’s Month
“Our own children don’t take care of us, they neglect us. These clubs help us feel accepted and loved” says pensioner.
News
Johannesburg fire: photos and interviews with an eye witness and rescuer
Death toll now 73 and expected to rise
Lifestyle
In photos: Namaqualand flowers bloom after rainy winter
Rainfall in national park has nearly doubled this year
News
Lottery looter is living the jet set life
“When life gives you lemons, buy a freaking jet” – Lesley Ramulifho
Cape Town Buzz
Cape Town lawyer back on trial for malicious damage to property
Charges against attorney Gary Trappler have been reinstated after CCTV footage came to light
Cape Town Buzz
Thousands of commuters stranded, vehicles petrol bombed and traffic gridlocked as taxi strike causes chaos on Cape Town roads
City seeking urgent interdict against the taxi strike
News
Exposed: The Sunday World’s lucrative partnership with the Lottery
The newspaper got millions of rands of Lottery advertising and also ran stories to counter exposés of corruption
News
Police accused of shooting teenager during Slovo Park protest
SAPS investigating death of 16-year-old Karabo Chaka
News
Municipality in court for cutting off water to school with 500 learners
Judge orders Mogale City to immediately reinstate the water supply to Krugersdorp school
News
Teachers quit Eastern Cape school after accusations of violence against learners
Ngqeleni Junior Secondary School has been short of 14 teachers since March
Cape Town Buzz
A month’s worth of garbage piles up on Dunoon streets
City waste removal contract ended on 30 June, with no waste collected since