Crime involving firearms and extortion has prevented the municipality, Eskom and SASSA from providing essential services ...

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The Johannesburg High Court has delivered a significant judgment. It has declared unconstitutional the defence of “subjective consent” to a charge of rape. Judge Selby Baqwa said such a defence ...

Eric van Rooy is 69. He grew up in the little town of Wupperthal in the Western Cape, and has lived there most of his life. He worked in the old glove factory for a while before it closed down. Now, ...

Eskom’s Kusile power plant has been plagued with issues since its construction commenced in 2008. The initial plan was for ...

The Passenger Rail Agency of South (PRASA) has finally complied with an order by the High Court, compelling it to return building materials belonging to people sleeping on Transnet-owned land on Cape ...

According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the population of both black and white rhinos has stabilised and even increased slightly since 2021. The white rhino population is estimated to have ...

Parents of learners at Copesville Secondary School in Pietermaritzburg have shut the school down since Monday in protest because the school’s water and electricity have been cut by the municipality.

Businesses and residents of Tsomo in the Eastern Cape have stopped a R3-million project to build a park. They say they were never consulted by the Intsika Yethu Municipality and the site chosen is too ...

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