Wildfires continue to wreak havoc in Franschhoek

South Africa recently made history by being the first African country to host the G20 Leadership Summit. While global leaders gathered in Johannesburg for high-level bilateral talks, communities across the country were asking a crucial question: How do these big-picture conversations translate into the daily bread and butter issues we…

The City of Cape Town has issued a serious warning as dam levels across the Western Cape continue to decline sharply. Warm summer temperatures, low rainfall and drying winds have pushed provincial water levels well below where they were this time last year — dropping from 96% to just 79%…

The Western Cape Provincial Parliament has established a new Ad Hoc Committee on Child Protection Reform to confront the growing crisis affecting vulnerable children across the province. The committee was formed following serious systemic shortcomings highlighted during a multi-stakeholder engagement earlier this year. Rasaad Adams speaks to MPP Wendy Kaizer-Philander,…

“Ons gaan nêrens nie.” Só sê Henry Jacobs, stigter van die CYFS-organisasie in Wellington, nadat die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit dié organisasie tot einde November gegee het om die geskiedkundige Safmarine-saal in Wellington te ontruim. Die munisipaliteit sou die eiendom in Van Wyksvlei verlede jaar sloop maar Jacobs het toe ingespring en ‘n…

Word Erfenisdag eerlik en opreg gevier of us dit 'n masker vir verdeeldheid wat hoogtyd vier?