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Kosta and Sharyn Kassimatis said they used to visit family at Paradise Park from 1987, until they bought a home there six years ago. “We can’t expect anyone from the camp to help us move because they’re in the same predicament,” said Kassimatis. Photo: Marecia Damons

Last 100 Paradise Park residents in Hermanus evicted

A decade-long battle to stave off eviction has come to an end

The writer says Mining became an economic pillar because South Africa chose to develop it. Offshore oil and gas could do the same if we choose to.

TotalEnergies’ project to drill exploration wells on southwest coast hits pushback

Concentrate on renewable energy, rather than putting the sensitive habitats and species, whales at risk by drilling exploration wells

When right-wing activist Willem Petzer claimed a woman was an admin of a group, she lost her job and her home. She was also sent death threats.

The Facebook group taking on South Africa’s white right

Online battle over the ‘white genocide’ narrative on social media has dangerous real-world consequences

Chinua Achebe at his house in Enugu, Nigeria, 1959 (Photo: Eliot Elifoson)

The Zwelihle protests and Bheki Cele’s missing gun

While residents in Zwelihle are angry about police brutality, police minister Bheki Cele has one demand of his own: “Give me back my gun”

Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe is expected to give evidence before the Zondo commission. (Mujahid Safodien/AFP)

Mantashe condemns land occupation in the Western Cape

On the first day of land reform dialogue, the minister of mineral resources condemned land occupation in the Overberg town of Hermanus

Gauteng co-operative governance MEC Lebogang Maile.
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Hermanus protests: ‘We have been waiting for houses for 20 years’

Residents, tired of not being heard, have taken to occupying vacant land, demanding the council supply them with water and lights

No call for panic over solar flares

If your Global Positioning System (GPS) has been playing up or your internet has been a bit patchy, don’t panic.

Abalone on the brink of extinction

Spotters for abalone poachers in the small tourist town of Hermanus on South Africa’s southernmost coast spot the police from afar and often mock them as they try to clamp down…

South Africa shares its secrets with Israel

South African politicans involved in negotiating an end to the apartheid era began a three-day meeting outside Cape Town on Sunday to share their experience with leaders and…