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Rioters loot the Jabulani Mall in the Soweto district of Johannesburg on July 12, 2021. – South Africa said it was deploying troops to two provinces, including Johannesburg, after unrest sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma led to six deaths and widespread looting. Overwhelmed police are facing mobs who have ransacked stores. Six people have died, some with gunshot wounds, and 219 people have been arrested, according to a police tally issued before the army deployed. (Photo by LUCA SOLA / AFP)
ZUMAUNREST

Soweto businesses vandalised, robbed as looting and violence spreads

The pillaging and destruction, which started in KwaZulu-Natal in reaction to former president Jacob Zuma’s incarceration, has been hijacked by residents and non-ANC members

  • Chris Gilili
4 min read
Most of Gauteng and Western Cape schools are in Covid-19 hotspots.
ALEXANDRA

Most Gauteng, Western Cape schools in hotspots

Out of more than 25 000 schools in the country, 8 047 were in hotspots and 6 995 of these were public schools. And most of Gauteng’s and the Western Cape’s schools are in hotspots

  • Bongekile Macupe
4 min read
Principal at George Khosa Secondary School, Muzawenkosi Nzuza
DOBSONVILLE

Township schools fight for their place in the education stakes

Interventions produce great results

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read