SA’s great white sharks need urgent protection, say marine biologists
/ 9 March 2024

SA’s great white sharks need urgent protection, say marine biologists

Researchers don’t want authorities let off the hook over the dwindling great white shark population

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ANC wants Mbeki in Western Cape to help bring DA below 50%
/ 16 February 2024

ANC wants Mbeki in Western Cape to help bring DA below 50%

The ANC is hoping to use the former president’s popularity among coloured voters to destabilise the Democratic Alliance

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Western Cape’s ‘weapons of mass destruction’ entrench ‘water apartheid’
/ 28 January 2024

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

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The clash of the Numbers gangs
/ 21 January 2024

The clash of the Numbers gangs

How the 26s, 27s and 28s prison gangs got their name, and how street gangs usurped them

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Station commander investigated for links to crime kingpin
/ 19 January 2024

Station commander investigated for links to crime kingpin

There is ‘growing concern’ about increasing levels of gangsterism and organised crime in the Western Cape

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Taxi strike highlights sector’s stranglehold on public transport
/ 11 August 2023

Taxi strike highlights sector’s stranglehold on public transport

It has also brought to the fore the political power tussle between the DA in the Western Cape and the ANC-led national government

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Woman dies while waiting 24 hours for ambulance
/ 14 May 2023

Woman dies while waiting 24 hours for ambulance

Department is probing the incident when an ambulance took 24 hours to arrive in Cape Flats gang red zone

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For Cape Town – with love and squalor
/ 20 February 2023

For Cape Town – with love and squalor

Political rhetoric can’t plaster over the city’s divides and rewrite its haunted past

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Court orders Mbalula to take action against attacks on long-distance buses, pending appeal outcome
/ 20 December 2022

Court orders Mbalula to take action against attacks on long-distance buses, pending appeal outcome

Transport minister must develop a plan to ensure the safety of drivers and passengers as violent attacks continue

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Inside Operation Marikana: Final day of the anti-crime mission
/ 22 October 2022

Inside Operation Marikana: Final day of the anti-crime mission

A joint operation between Cape Town’s law enforcement units and the South African Police Service sees multiple arrests

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Mediator appointed for South African Medical Association’s internal drama
/ 18 October 2022

Mediator appointed for South African Medical Association’s internal drama

The row centres on whether the SAMA board, elected for a three-year term in 2018, is legally constituted in terms of its Memorandum of Incorporation

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The new Range Rover nears absolute perfection
/ 9 August 2022

The new Range Rover nears absolute perfection

Comfort, speed and luxury all make the newest edition of the Range Rover worth all the fuss

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‘Myths’ are keeping township residents from sterilising pets
/ 25 May 2022

‘Myths’ are keeping township residents from sterilising pets

The Mdzananda Animal Clinic in Khayelitsha wants to increase the number of pets getting sterilised to curb overpopulation

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