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A makeshift wall with the message: Say No to the Wall.
CITY OF CAPE TOWN

‘Who gets to live with dignity?’ Movement for Care, Cape Town communities protest N2 wall project

Why is R114 million being spent on a wall while communities are living in squalor? protestors ask.

  • Given Majola
  • National Reporter
4 min read
Women gather at the scene where the body of the ninth woman was discovered in Dawn Park, Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, earlier this month.
HERITAGE DAY

What we inherit, and what we lose: Heritage Day, Ekurhuleni

Nine women killed. GBVF a national disaster. What do we inherit, and what should we make sure we do not pass on?

  • The National Team
10 min read
Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) leader Steve Biko on September 25, 1977, in King William’s Town. Biko was murdered by the apartheid regime’s security police. From his formative years as a founding intellectual of the BCM alongside his close friend Biko, Barney Pityana has consistently pushed the limits of the status quo, says the writer.
POLITICS

Steve Biko's leadership: Barney Pityana's warning to a drifting nation

Nearly 50 years after Steve Biko’s murder, Barney Pityana’s voice — forged in struggle, scholarship and conscience — remains a stark reminder of the leadership South Africa has…

  • Edwin Naidu
8 min read
Families caring for adults with intellectual disabilities say they face an uncertain future as South Africa lacks enough supported-living, respite-care and community-based options.
DISABILITY AWARENESS

SA's disability care dilemma: 'Who looks after my child when I die?'

Families caring for adults with intellectual disabilities face deep uncertainty about who will provide support when parents and other caregivers can no longer do so.

  • Dr Callista Kahonde
6 min read
The court has ordered the police to R1.96m in damages after a rubber bullet costs man his eye.
LEGAL

Court orders police to pay R1.9m to DJ shot in eye by rubber bullet

The high court has upheld a R1.967 million loss-of-earnings award to a man who lost his right eye after being struck by a police-fired rubber bullet.

  • Wendy Jasson Da Costa
3 min read
Professor Thuli Madonsela, director of Stellenbosch University's Centre for Social Justice, said colonialism didn’t only conquer territory, it also restructured law.
SOCIAL JUSTICE

Prof Madonsela: SA's legal system must embrace customary law

Scholars challenge colonial legacy in South Africa's justice system.

  • Wendy Jasson Da Costa
5 min read
South Africa’s national flower, the protea, possesses seeds that lie dormant in the soil only to be cracked open and awakened by the scorching heat of wildfires, much like the spirit of South African women who would not be silenced.
WOMENS MONTH

An interactive journey of remarkable South African women

Tap into history: women who shaped South Africa's past and present

  • The National Team
5 min read
Eswatini’s King Mswati III during the SADC heads of states meeting in Durban on Monday.
SADC SUMMIT

Ramaphosa’s SADC chairmanship facing immediate test over Eswatini reform demands

President Cyril Ramaphosa, newly appointed chair of the SADC, confronts the challenge of addressing King Mswati III's authoritarian rule in Eswatini, as activists call for…

  • Willem Phungula
2 min read