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Former North West premier Popo Molefe (Gallo Images)

Popo Molefe: From politics to fixing potholes

The struggle stalwart debunks narratives about racial discord in South Africa

Not a drop to drink: Ndenzeni Njwenene, 82, fetches water for from a river near Mthatha. Despite millions being spent on a project in the ward, seven years later taps are still dry. Many municipalities in the Eastern Cape fail to provide potable water. Photo: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images

Myriad causes of SA’s water crisis

Ageing and a failure to maintain infrastructure are among the reasons so many people do not have clean water

On the podium: The winners at the Simola Hillclimb are announced after an exciting day of racing in slick conditions. (Daniel Theodorus Media)

Simola is top of the SA racing hill

This year saw thousands of people gathering in Knysna for the motoring spectacle

(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

No shucks given at the Knysna Oyster Festival

The world of Knysna’s shores is everyone’s oyster this week. There is something for everyone: arts; entertainment; trail running; wining and dining; and chocolate making

(John McCann/M&G)

Okavango Delta under threat from oil, gas exploration

San leaders decry Canadian “climate-wrecking” oil and gas project in Namibia, Botswana

Knysna mayor Mark Willemse

DA wants its mayor out – he won’t go

Despite the DA having more seats in Knysna, the ANC has chosen the town’s mayor

Omen: The Knysna fires of 2017. (Deon Raath/Rapport/Gallo Images)

Heat is on insurance companies

Disastrous events caused by climate change are a growing risk for the industry

The spectacular Knysna lagoon can be all yours if you book a houseboat for the night. (Photo: Patrick Hertzog)

South African treasures that should be on your radar

These ten little magical events and experiences can stop you taking the delights on your doorstep for granted

The aerial-view photograph taken in the aftermath of that ravaged Khayalitsha’s Silver Town has gone viral, shocking people into realities of shack dwelling. (JP Smith)

Silver Town: The picture of devastation

A single image of the aftermath of the blaze cannot tell the whole story

Mark Willemse. (Twitter)

DA to oust mayor for voting against caucus instruction

Embattled Knysna mayor Mark Willemse is facing the axe after he voted with his conscience instead of toeing the party line

Bonginkosi Madikizela said more seats in the provincial legislature would also mean smaller political parties would be better represented. (David Harrison/M&G)

W Cape leader ‘unfit’ to be premier

The DA is split between those who back Alan Winde and Bonginkosi Madikizela’s supporters

In a letter to Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene signed on September 20, Nzimande said that though he understood the finance minister’s reservations, he was confident Nqandela was the right man for the job.

Knysna residents back mayor, accuse DA of not following due process

Residents are firmly behind Mark Willemse who is facing a party disciplinary hearing

Mark Willemse. (Twitter)

DA to charge embattled Knysna mayor for misconduct

The party is instituting a disciplinary hearing against Mark Willemse on grounds that he breached section 2.5 of the DA constitution

Mark Willemse. (Twitter)

‘This has never happened before’ ― new Knysna mayor amid DA tussle

​New Knysna mayor Mark Willemse addressed to assure them that he has not yet resigned from his post, amid unhappiness from his party, the DA

Eleanore Bouw-Spies

Knysna DA councillors support opposition to oust mayor

Former mayor Eleanore Bouw-Spies was voted out on Wednesday by an ANC-sponsored motion supported by two DA councillors

A wildfire on the Garden Route fuelled by invasive alien trees. File photo

Invasive alien plants in South Africa pose huge risks, but they can be stopped

The alien species that costs South Africa’s economy billions can be eliminated

Houses in the Knysna Heights area were destroyed in the fires on June 9 2017.

​Climate change evident in Cape storm and Knysna fires

The Knysna fires and storms in the Cape are indicators that the climate is changing. Solutions, which exist, must be implemented.

Knysna bus ‘overloaded’, says mayor

The driver of a 32-seater bus involved a crash in which 14 school pupils were killed in Knysna had allegedly tried to transport 58 schoolchildren.

Fifteen children, driver killed in Knysna bus crash

Fifteen people have died — 14 of them children — and 42 were injured when a school bus plunged off a bridge and into a dam in Knysna this morning.

Eleven children dead in Knysna bus accident

Rescue workers recovered the bodies of 11 children from a dam in Knysna on Wednesday and were expecting to find more bodies.