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Imam Abdul Haron. (Imam Abdul Haron Foundation)
ABDULLAH HAROON

Bid for slain Imam Haron’s family to see justice

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.

  • Raeesa Pather
12 min read
In two recent incidents, staff in Delft were threatened by extortionists, the Western Cape standing committee on social development heard on Friday. (Photo: Getty Images)
BHEKI CELE

Mixed emotions as soldiers return to the Cape Flats

Police Minister Bheki Cele made good on his week-old promise to send the SANDF to the Cape Flats to secure the area

  • Raeesa Pather
9 min read
Donovan Prins (in frame) was known for his dedication to his job. His death is a blow to his wife Shaldene (left), mother Rachel (right), his colleagues and his neighbourhood. (Barry Christianson/New Frame)
BHEKI CELE

Community police break ranks in Flats

Volunteers call for an independent police manager and soldiers to help stop Western Cape murders

  • Raeesa Pather
7 min read
While the City has said that the low fee is for “social related” use, Nick Budlender, a researcher at Ndifuna Ukwazi, said that the membership of the sports facilities contradicts their social value. (Reuters/Andy Clark)
CANSA

Sports clubs eyed for low-cost housing in Cape Town

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

  • Raeesa Pather
12 min read
Research has found when young people felt safe at school and lived in homes with access to cash transfers and parenting support that they were less likely to report experiencing abuse. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)
EASTERN CAPE

How the UN’s new strategy could help development goals in the Eastern Cape

In 2015, countries committed to the UN’s sustainable development goals in an effort to end, for example, poverty, hunger and inequality

  • Raeesa Pather
2 min read
Invaded: Palesa Khanya’s outside room at her parent’s home was her safe personal space until her ex-boyfriend entered it. At first she kept the abuse secret until he quietly threatened to kill her.  Photo Delwyn Verasamy
BABES WODUMO

The horror of abuse taking place in SA’s bedrooms

Babes Wodumo’s beating is public knowledge but thousands more suffer the same fate. Five women tell their stories

  • Raeesa Pather
13 min read
The ANC will leave a legacy muddied by political careerism, personality cults and corruption (David Harrison/M&G)
ANC

Residents go to court for dissolution of ANC-led Makana Municipality

The Unemployed People’s Movement has filed an application for a re-election to take place in the troubled ANC-led municipality

  • Raeesa Pather
4 min read
This week, yet another scandal was created after “resurrection” pastor Alph Lukau claimed to have raised a man from the dead.
ALPH LUKAU

Churches want code against cons

Those who wish to f leece the public will be held to account, say church leaders

  • Raeesa Pather
4 min read
Pastor Alph Lukau. (Twitter)
ALPH LUKAU

CRL Rights Commission to investigate ‘resurrection’ pastor

Pastor Alph Lukau of the Alleluia International Ministries church in Sandton, Johannesburg, faces a summons from the CRL Rights Commission

  • Raeesa Pather
2 min read
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will present his budget speech on Wednesday in Parliament. (Rodger Bosch/Getty Images)
BUDGET

Budget 2019: EFF and DA detail key issues for Mboweni to prioritise

Opposition parties have added their input ahead of the presentation of the budget speech

  • Raeesa Pather
2 min read
Last weekend, a public participation process heard submissions on the Bo-Kaap neighbourhood being zoned under a heritage protection overlay zone. (Photos: David Harrison/M&G)
BO KAAP

Cape Town private property developers on a ‘civic capture’ crusade, say residents

​Concerns are growing in three Cape Town communities that developers are muscling into local associations to get them to approve development plans

  • Raeesa Pather
3 min read
Duduzane Zuma speaks to media outside the Randburg Magistrates Court (Gulshan Khan/AFP/Getty Images)
DUDUZANE ZUMA

Duduzane Zuma culpable homicide case postponed

In the meantime, the NPA has decided to provisionally withdraw corruption charges against Zuma

  • Raeesa Pather
1 min read
Lukhanyo Calata, son of the slain Fort Calata, has been applying pressure on the government to prosecute the people responsible for his father’s death. (David Harrison/M&G)
EASTERN CAPE

Justice for Cradock Four delayed

Despite an assurance last year that the case was proceeding, the son of one of the four men who were assassinated believes the ANC is blocking it

  • Raeesa Pather
6 min read
Imtiaz Cajee says an investigation needs to be held into why there has yet to be a prosecution of perpetrators in TRC-related cases. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AHMED TIMOL

Ramaphosa urged to establish judicial inquiry into lack of apartheid prosecutions

Imtiaz Cajee, the nephew of murdered anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol, will recommend an inquiry to probe the capture of the NPA and SAPS

  • Raeesa Pather
4 min read
Ramaphosa praises former ANC presidents in Jan 8 statement (Photo Archive)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Ramaphosa praises former ANC presidents in Jan 8 statement

President Cyril Ramaphosa did, however, hint at the strain that has mired the ANC in recent years

  • Raeesa Pather
2 min read
In a letter to Ramaphosa, the Khulumani Support Group has urged that a meeting must be held to address victims of apartheid who have been excluded from receiving reparations. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
APARTHEID

Ramaphosa under pressure to support reparations for apartheid victims

President Cyril Ramaphosa has been urged to release grants for apartheid victims, as recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

  • Raeesa Pather
3 min read
NPA head Shamila Batohi said although the SIU was mandated to make referrals to the NPA, many of its cases needed further investigation to justify reasonable doubt. She said the SIU was almost using the NPA as a post box for its cases to be sent to the Hawks. (Gallo/Sunday Times/Alaister Russell)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

The first woman NDPP: Shamila Batohi is the new NPA boss

The president announced Batohi’s appointment on Tuesday

  • Raeesa Pather
3 min read
Minister Patricia de Lille decided to dissolve the state-owned entity, which is responsible for social development programme management services and delivering social infrastructure such as schools and clinics, after years of underperformance
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

Cape Town DA urges members to not engage Patty’s party

Members of the Democratic Alliance in Cape Town have been told to focus on their campaign instead of on Patricia de Lille’s new party

  • Raeesa Pather
4 min read
But parents say that they raised concerns about the school’s admissions policy in a public meeting last year. (David Harrison/M&G)
ACCESS TO BASIC EDUCATION

Rustenburg Girls Junior School allegedly discouraged underprivileged pupil

RGJS now faces allegations of racism in its admissions policy

  • Raeesa Pather
5 min read
Ramaphosa has a deadline to appoint former NDPP Shaun Abrahams’s successor by December 19 after the Constitutional Court declared his appointment invalid earlier this year. (David Harrison/M&G)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

High court orders NDPP interviews open to media

The Right2Know campaign’s application was approved, setting a precedent for transparency in the process

  • Raeesa Pather
2 min read