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Members of the Cape Town Metro Police search a house as part of a search-and-seizure operation for drugs and weapons, in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town. (File photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)

Gang threats lead to school absenteeism and business closures in Cape township

A letter, apparently written by gangsters in Philippi, warns they will kill Somalis if extortion fees are paid to their rivals

Lottery law tweak sparks abuse fears

Man behind failed Soweto sports centre has fingers in several lottery pies

Petrus Sedibe is linked to nonprofit organisations that applied for funding totalling more than R12.6 million

Thabo Bester. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Thabo Bester: The bizarre facts behind a jailbird let loose

Evidence suggests that the burnt body found in Bester’s cell was smuggled in via a TV cabinet

Prisons, profits and privatisation’s perils

We are bound to run into trouble when the private sector is given free rein to determine who is deserving of being treated as human and who is not

On Thursday, correctional services commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale said the findings of an investigation report “clearly revealed” Thabo Bester was assisted in his escape from custody on 3 May. Photo: Supplied

Thabo Bester escape a fraction of the rot at G4S-run private jail

However, abuse and torture at the prison have improved, the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services says

The general secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), Irvin Jim, was candid in claiming that he did not view the MK Party as a socialist-oriented party.

Numsa’s Irvin Jim claims media takedown campaign

The metalworkers union leader has alleged that NGOs want to capture the union, using media outlets

The bad news headlines may be true but the good news is often overlooked

No easy fix to SA media money crisis

The closure of the New Frame, which sought to chase quality over clicks, is a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of donor funding

Nicole Anthony (16), from Lotus High, said she joined the protest because “we are the future. If nothing changes, there will be no food and we will die”.  (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks, courtesy of GroundUp)
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​Our kids may still save us

The youth are demanding that more action is taken on the climate crisis – it’s their future that’s at stake

A reader questions why the horrors of the civil war in Yemen, such as the recent bombing of a bus carrying children, do not make the headlines. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP)

Letters to the Editor: November 9 to 15

Our readers write in about Yemeni children, the integrity commission, and the M&G’s brief error

The Paladin contract — which reportedly does not include food or medical care — has been backed by Australian home affairs minister ?Peter Dutton — who has advocated for an extension. (AFP)

De Lille calls for forensic probe of Foreshore auction

The auction took place in September 2016 — and questions about the integrity of the process have since arisen in various media reports

About 15 Motherwell residents have formed a co-operative to farm pigs.

Urban pig co-operative needs land to stay in business

15 Port Elizabeth residents are farming, but they want to keep their piglets safe from traffic and dirty water.

Beauty in ugliness: An image from 2015 Ernest Cole award-winner’s series Drain on Our Dignity

Through the looking glass

The slow pace of the Ernest Cole award’s inclusivity may have marred its image.

Haphazard homes: The standardised Wolwerivier structures provide a roof over people’s heads as well as running water and electricity

The fate of Cape’s evicted

Residents of Wolwerivier, home to many of Cape Town’s evicted and homeless people, say they are not being consulted on the city’s plans for the area