Raeesa Pather

Ra’eesa Pather is a Cape Town-based general news and features journalist.

Bid for slain Imam Haron’s family to see justice

Article Raeesa Pather - 26 Sep 2019

Fifty years ago, the anti-apartheid activist was killed in police custody. His family fought to survive after his death, and now they want justice.

Mixed emotions as soldiers return to the Cape Flats

Article Raeesa Pather - 23 Jul 2019

Police Minister Bheki Cele made good on his week-old promise to send the SANDF to the Cape Flats to secure the area

Community police break ranks in Flats

Article Raeesa Pather - 12 Jul 2019

Volunteers call for an independent police manager and soldiers to help stop Western Cape murders

Sports clubs eyed for low-cost housing in Cape Town

Article Raeesa Pather - 11 Apr 2019

Sports clubs are paying the City of Cape Town less per year to lease prime land than it costs to rent a shack for a month

TRC commissioners demand justice

Article Raeesa Pather - 15 Mar 2019

Former truth and reconciliation commissioners are entering a court battle to see a former policeman prosecuted

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The brutal crackdown in Zimbabwe creates a new generation of exiles

Africa Simon Allison & Raeesa Pather - 15 Mar 2019

Political dissidents who have fled to South Africa face an uneasy, uncertain future

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How the UN’s new strategy could help development goals in the Eastern Cape

Article Raeesa Pather - 14 Mar 2019

In 2015, countries committed to the UN's sustainable development goals in an effort to end, for example, poverty, hunger and inequality

The horror of abuse taking place in SA’s bedrooms

Article Raeesa Pather - 8 Mar 2019

Babes Wodumo’s beating is public knowledge but thousands more suffer the same fate. Five women tell their stories

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Residents go to court for dissolution of ANC-led Makana Municipality

Article Raeesa Pather - 28 Feb 2019

The Unemployed People’s Movement has filed an application for a re-election to take place in the troubled ANC-led municipality

Churches want code against cons

Article Raeesa Pather - 28 Feb 2019

Those who wish to f leece the public will be held to account, say church leaders

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CRL Rights Commission to investigate ‘resurrection’ pastor

Article Raeesa Pather - 26 Feb 2019

Pastor Alph Lukau of the Alleluia International Ministries church in Sandton, Johannesburg, faces a summons from the CRL Rights Commission

Impimpi accusations are ‘reckless’

Article Raeesa Pather - 22 Feb 2019

The Cope leader’s claim that the president informed on him during apartheid has been described as ‘politically bankrupt’

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Press Releases

Special Reports

Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

Special Reports

Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

Special Reports

Recyling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

Special Reports

Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

Special Reports

POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs

Special Reports

CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

Special Reports

Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges

Special Reports

JSE lists two new global ETFs

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

'Impact investing has become increasingly topical and for us to provide investors with access to sustainable investment options is a key focus'