17+ hour, 25+ min ago   (1406+ words) If the DA wants to win a majority in Johannesburg, it’ll need to improve in Soweto. The party has pockets of support, but it faces an uphill battle. “I love the DA,” said Protea South resident Seela Phineas Malesa (67), a…...

19+ hour, 14+ min ago   (485+ words) The V&A Waterfront is thriving, but Growthpoint’s valuation isn’t. Strong Cape Town growth is offset by struggling Gauteng offices and modest earnings guidance and portfolio complexity have investors questioning whether Growthpoint’s diversification is an advantage or a drag on…...

19+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1619+ words) Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Babalwa Lobishe’s State of the Metro Address – delivered at a gala dinner estimated to have cost ratepayers R235,000 – was boycotted not only by opposition parties but by several of her coalition partners, as the metro battles water,…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (957+ words) A body that decides who builds what across Cape Town – worth billions of rand a year – has quietly written itself free of term limits, withheld a legal opinion ratepayers paid for, and left a forged official document unexplained. Over three…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (787+ words) Hundreds of people displaced by weekly March and March protests are anxiously awaiting buses amid glitches in the repatriation process. Simpiwe Ndlovu, a Zimbabwean woman from Esigodini, near Bulawayo, was in her flat in Hillbrow in mid-August when a group…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (808+ words) Following the shootings only hours apart, residents of Westbury say gang violence in the area is the worst it’s been in a long time. On Monday morning, 7 September, scholar transport driver Abdulrazaak Mohamed Moolla (53) was shot and killed by two…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1069+ words) Before falling ill in court, former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula testified she struggled with EFTs and relied on cash to pay workers during the R1.8-million renovations at her Joburg home. Her legal team says her doctor will advise whether she…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (756+ words) Mapisa-Nqakula says she never asked Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu for money and told the court her husband was ‘unappointable’ for the position he wanted despite serving in the SANDF for almost three decades. Former National Assembly Speaker and defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1481+ words) The Biko family plans to ask the Gqeberha High Court to halt the reopened Steve Biko inquest. The legal team said it needed sufficient time to consult with Biko’s widow. A court bid is looming to prevent the reopened inquest…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1032+ words) Before getting into the actual farming of grain and grapes in the Western Cape, plant ecologist Eugene Moll walks me through what the land actually is that farms replaced. This is the second in a six-part series. Read Part One…...