Polls close and the counting of votes has begun
The Western Cape electoral officer, Michael Hendrickse told reporters that there were more people who voted in this year’s local...
Martin Jansen
Slow start to elections in the Western Cape
Voting started slowly in the Western Cape’s most populous townships, Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha, today. When Elitsha visited voting stations...
Western Cape police guard voting stations and taxi routes
About 22,000 integrated law enforcement agencies including the police, law enforcement, defence force and traffic services have been deployed to...
Buffalo City’s broken houses and decades of empty promises
A housing rectification project in Braelyn Extension 10 in Buffalo City Municipality (BCM) has left residents frustrated with the municipality’s...
Cosatu to campaign for ANC and SACP
Cosatu has pledged to campaign for both the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) in...
Multi-million rand sports facility finally opens in Limpopo
Finally, Waterval residents in Limpopo outside of Elim Hospital are now able to utilise their R55-million sports facility having waited...
Austerity under fire as Godongwana pauses fuel levies and low-cost housing
Residents, activists, members of trade unions and civil society groups took to the streets of Cape Town earlier today against...
‘End hunger, stop climate harm’: protesters take demands to Parliament
About 200 residents and activists marched through the streets of Cape Town on World Food Day, calling for the government...
Memorial service held for victims of the Strand mass shooting
In the early hours of Sunday morning, 27 September, gunmen opened fire on patrons at a shisanyama in Lwandle, near...
Make the wealthy pay: AIDC lays out alternative to austerity
The potential to raise revenue by taxing wealth and high-income earners, rather than relying on spending cuts and taxes that...
