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

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

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

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

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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