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Raeesa Pather
Ra’eesa Pather is a Cape Town-based general news and features journalist.
Ramaphosa’s Sona was high on electioneering but low on accountability
The president promised that load-shedding would soon be under control and that service delivery would be improved. Again
Iron cloak of security: Behind SA’s risky decision to take on Israel
South Africa’s decision to take Israel, the West’s darling, to the International Court of Justice for genocidal intent was brave politics
Western Cape’s ‘weapons of mass destruction’ entrench ‘water apartheid’
The City of Cape Town has installed meters that limit the amount of water people use but it is hurting the poor, who use far less water than the wealthy
Elections 2024: The DA’s new opponents in the Western Cape
The DA is confident of an easy win, but newcomer Patriotic Alliance is likely to make an impact as the ANC continues to battle for a foothold in the province This content is…
Bid for slain Imam Haron’s family to see justice
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
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
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
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
The brutal crackdown in Zimbabwe creates a new generation of exiles
Political dissidents who have fled to South Africa face an uneasy, uncertain future
TRC commissioners demand justice
Former truth and reconciliation commissioners are entering a court battle to see a former policeman prosecuted
How the UN’s new strategy could help development goals in the Eastern Cape
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
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
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
Those who wish to f leece the public will be held to account, say church leaders
CRL Rights Commission to investigate ‘resurrection’ pastor
Pastor Alph Lukau of the Alleluia International Ministries church in Sandton, Johannesburg, faces a summons from the CRL Rights Commission