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Residents of Bonteheuwel in Cape Town are dealing with a trauma all too familiar during September after the fourth fire in recent weeks. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)
ANGUS MCKENZIE

Fire in Bonteheuwel forces extended family with 15 children into one-bedroom house

This is the fourth fire in in the area in recent weeks

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
Although the government’s vaccination drive is already in full swing, there have been no announced plans for the vaccination of homeless people, despite the public health risk if they are left out. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)
CITY OF JOHANNESBURG

Joburg’s homeless people miss out on jabs

Gauteng has ‘no plan’ to vaccinate its 10 000 displaced persons

  • Chris Gilili
3 min read
People with black tape on their mouth walk along the Sea Point coast as they attend a protest against human trafficking in Cape Town. (Photo by Ashraf Hendricks/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
A21

NPOs warn of a possible surge in human trafficking

In 2020, the national human-trafficking hotline reported 696 potential victims to authorities for further investigation, a 46.5% increase from the previous year

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read
COMMUNIST PARTY

Quake response won’t cover cracks of corruption

Earthquake’s don’t destroy strong, well-built buildings. They destroy weak ones. As China reels from its biggest earthquake in 30 years, public anger is mounting. The danger for…

  • Will Hutton
6 min read
ANNE HUTTON

Scottish-born actress Deborah Kerr dies aged 86

Scottish-born actress Deborah Kerr, best known for her performance as the adulterous wife alongside Burt Lancaster in the 1953 film From Here to Eternity, has died aged 86. ”She…

  • Mike Collett White
2 min read