Lester Kiewit

The Electoral Commission of South Africa said next year's local government elections will go ahead despite the pandemic as it has plans in place to keep employees and voters safe

Four police officers are being investigated after a video of them evicting a man, who had been bathing at the time, was circulated on social media

This week, the Black People’s National Crisis Committee (BPNCC) said it would intensify protest if activists are not listened to.

Former Khayelitsha resident Bulelani Mfaco is leading a campaign for the protection of refugee rights in that country

President Cyril Ramaphosa tells MPs he expects tough economic times ahead for South Africans, but the crisis is a chance to ‘look at the way we’re doing things’

President’s address covered the twin pandemics of Covid-19 and the murder and rape of women ‘who were killed by men'

Premier Zamani Saul blames the doubling of Covid-19 case numbers a week after level three restrictions were implemented – on people travelling from neighbouring provinces

The sector employs 60 000 people in the Western Cape alone. Whereas some centres have cut staff, others are reskilling and preparing for a different future

A key figure in the return of more than 1 000 claimants to Cape Town’s inner city, Shahied Ajam was working on a multi-billion rand land restitution project

President Cyril Ramaphosa has issued an instruction to the Western Cape government to recruit more staff to stem the Covid-19 tide

The Western province, which has 65% of all positive Covid-19 cases, is preparing additional health facilities for a July peak

The Cape Town institution, which has traded from the same location for 200 years, has been forced from its premises because of being unable to sell tobacco during the lockdown