In an affidavit to the labour court, the health minister says National Health and Allied Workers Union did not check the facts on the ground
Some “unintended consequences” dealt with and minister warns Western Cape on cigarettes
As the country prepares to go into lockdown, residents fear that they may be at a higher risk of contracting Covid-19
The department of health noted in its statement on March 19 that recoveries in previously reported cases were beginning to emerge. (John McCann/M&G)
Justice minister embarks on parole reform after recent murders of two Western Cape children allegedly by parolees
There has been an effort by the state to expand the TVET college sector. But the reality is that the systems at many of these colleges are simply not working
Cape Town’s largest passenger rail line has been closed for months, hitting people’s pockets and adding to road traffic congestion in the city
Judge Mushtak Parker is implicated in an application to strike off his former partners. He is also involved in the fight between the Western Cape high court’s judge president and his deputy
The ANC in the Western Cape has agreed, in principle, to discuss a move to call for the increase in the number of seats for elected public representatives. Following an interim provincial leadership committee meeting last weekend, the party said it is willing to discuss the matter, and raise it with the party’s national leadership. […]
But the new complaint against the Western Cape judge president is also unprecedented
The prisons department says it has rehabilitation programmes. Others disagree, including an ex-inmate who says the only way to come right is to want to change
The financial scheme assisting those in higher learning institutions says it is ready for the year ahead, but many don’t know that they qualify
Newly appointed provincial commissioner Yolisa Matakata says she will urgently deal with the skewed distribution of policing resources in the province
Decade long battle over Philippi farmland comes to a head as campaigners say development would destroy the sensitive agricultural area
Smith said the motion against him doesn’t have anything to do with issues playing out in the party’s leadership, but over disagreements in the Cape DA
Who is behind moves to oust the Democratic Alliance leader is not clear. Why there appears to be an anti-Maimane campaign is easier to answer
Data collection, R1-billion in funding, behavioural change and investigators: This is how the Western Cape is trying to deal with violent crime
With nominations opening this month, the contest for the Democratic Alliance’s second-in-command is heating up
‘Getting retrenched opened up a lot of doors for me’
Police Minister Bheki Cele made good on his week-old promise to send the SANDF to the Cape Flats to secure the area
Last week Police Minister Bheki Cele announced that President Ramaphosa had approved the deployment of military personnel to parts of Cape Town
Moving towards militarised policing in South Africa could prove to be a deadly mistake
Volunteers call for an independent police manager and soldiers to help stop Western Cape murders
Yusuf Daniels, a former auctioneer, describes himself as someone who became an author by mistake
Although irregular expenditure has decreased slightly in municipalities, most of them were unable to achieve a clean audit
Hazel Friedman digs into a SIU probe into 148 land reform projects, which found that a quarter were corrupt and millions of rands have disappeared
Authorities are accused of taking violent crime in the Western Cape’s rural areas more seriously than on the Cape Flats, writes Lester Kiewit
‘Policing keeps people safe. Without it, people in places like the Cape Flats are stuck in a state of chronic insecurity’
"I wonder why Zille and her ilk find it okay to speak of “black privilege” a mere 25 years after black people got the vote without reparations."
Displays of conspicuous frugality replace flashy inaugurations as leaders promise delivery
The appointment is a massive boost to De Lille who resigned from the DA in October last year
Luthuli House ‘comrades-in-farms’ — including former minister Gugile Nkwinti — appear to be profiting from farms earmarked for land redistribution