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Ra’eesa Pather is a Cape Town-based general news and features journalist.
The president promised that load-shedding would soon be under control and that service delivery would be improved. Again
South Africa’s decision to take Israel, the West’s darling, to the International Court of Justice for genocidal intent was brave politics
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
The DA is confident of an easy win, but newcomer Patriotic Alliance is likely to make an impact as the ANC continues to battle for a foothold in the province This content is…
Fifty years ago, the anti-apartheid activist was killed in police custody. His family fought to survive after his death, and now they want justice.
Police Minister Bheki Cele made good on his week-old promise to send the SANDF to the Cape Flats to secure the area
Volunteers call for an independent police manager and soldiers to help stop Western Cape murders
Sports clubs are paying the City of Cape Town less per year to lease prime land than it costs to rent a shack for a month
Former truth and reconciliation commissioners are entering a court battle to see a former policeman prosecuted
Political dissidents who have fled to South Africa face an uneasy, uncertain future
In 2015, countries committed to the UN’s sustainable development goals in an effort to end, for example, poverty, hunger and inequality
Babes Wodumo’s beating is public knowledge but thousands more suffer the same fate. Five women tell their stories
The Unemployed People’s Movement has filed an application for a re-election to take place in the troubled ANC-led municipality
Those who wish to f leece the public will be held to account, say church leaders
Pastor Alph Lukau of the Alleluia International Ministries church in Sandton, Johannesburg, faces a summons from the CRL Rights Commission
The Cope leader’s claim that the president informed on him during apartheid has been described as ‘politically bankrupt’
Opposition parties have added their input ahead of the presentation of the budget speech
Concerns are growing in three Cape Town communities that developers are muscling into local associations to get them to approve development plans
Severe drought and a struggling municipality means some people drink from muddy puddles
A property developer has been accused of co-opting a youth group in the Cape Town suburb
