WCED would need R800 million to address teacher posts backlog

Tshego Lepule|Published

The Western Cape Education Department needs more than R800 million to fill a backlog of 2 000 teacher posts accumulated over the past 10 years.

Local businesses hit hard by George Airport’s continued closure

Tshego Lepule|Published

Local businesses around the Garden Route District have decried the continued closure of the busy George Airport.

Western Cape 'lost R1bn a day' during level 5 of coronavirus lockdown

Tshego Lepule|Published

For the tourism sector, which is a major contributor to the provincial economy, around 104 000 jobs were lost due to Covid-19 and R13bn lost for 2020 which amounts ...

Anxious wait for over 2 000 SA citizens stranded abroad

Tshego Lepule|Published

As many as 2 313 citizens are stuck overseas at airports, in hotels or school residential areas, who were unable to leave before flights from high-risk Covid-19 ...

LOOK: 'Tazne’s death is bigger than all of us – let her death not be in vain'

Tshego Lepule|Published

The government failed Tazne van Wyk at every level. These were the sentiments of government officials who attended the funeral service of the 8-year-old.

Embattled Eskom’s future in the balance

Tshego Lepule|Published

This after Eskom on Thursday announced Stage 2 load shedding, which soon escalated to Stage 4 for the afternoon, and continued to plunge the country into darkness ...

Angry families demand inquiry into explosion at Rheinmetall Denel Munition plant

Tshego Lepule|Published

The families of the eight victims who died following an explosion at an arms manufacturing plant in Somerset West last year are calling for the provincial government ...

'I don't know where my daughter is': Refugees desperate for solution

Tshego Lepule|Published

Demands have been made for the government and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to resolve and assist the hundreds of displaced refugees in the city. ...

Marriage policy to be changed

Tshego Lepule|Published

Muslim nuptials still not recognised

'It's not working for South Africans': Marriage policy to be changed

Tshego Lepule|Published

The government has new plans to consolidate the country?s existing marriage policy, which will legally recognise a variety of nuptials.

MPs’ bid to save community radio stations facing closure

Tshego Lepule|Published

Community radio station bosses and the licensing regulator will meet in a last-ditch bid to save 29 stations which face closure.

Cost of medical schemes to rise by almost 10%

Tshego Lepule|Published

Consumers can expect to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for their health-care needs next year, as medical aid schemes announce annual increases for 2020.

WATCH: Lavender Hill girl shot dead while playing outside her home

Tshego Lepule|Published

The Grade R pupil, the latest victim of escalating gang violence on the Cape Flats, was playing outside her family home when shots were fired after 9. 30am.

Murdered soldier not part of Cape Flats unit, says SANDF

Tshego Lepule|Published

The SANDF has denied claims that one of its soldiers, who was brutally murdered in his vehicle this week, was part of Operation Lockdown.

Army accused of 'wasting taxpayer money' after pregnant woman shot eight times

Tshego Lepule|Published

The family of a pregnant woman who was shot dead near her Manenberg home are asking where the army was when the young mother was killed.

SAPS urged to end in-fighting as Western Cape top cop set to be announced

Tshego Lepule|Published

While questions remain about who will be the province?s top cop, the minister of police has called for an end to in-fighting at management level within the SAPS. ...

Insufficient funds hampering SANDF

Tshego Lepule|Published

Questions have been raised on how the embattled SANDF can afford to spend R23million on the deployment of 1320 soldiers to the Cape Flats.

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde faces Sopa scrutiny

Tshego Lepule|Published

Premier under pressure for maiden address

City of Cape Town residents to brace for increase in tariff charges

Tshego Lepule|Published

Consumers feeling the pinch from the recent Eskom tariff hikes can also expect to pay more for municipal rates when they get their bills at the end of the month. ...

'It is not doctor's duty to kill': Euthanasia debate heats up in SA

Tshego Lepule|Published

The recent conviction of euthanasia advocate Sean Davison on murder charges has sparked fresh debates on the legalisation of assisted suicide in South Africa.

Knysna still reeling from R3bn blaze

Tshego Lepule|Published

The report found that of the R3bn in damage, insurance companies bore the brunt of the costs - with insurance claims standing at R2. 2bn - with the timber industry ...

Threats, mockery and doubt: Immigrants in SA continue to live in fear

Tshego Lepule|Published

Foreigners living in South Africa say they continue to live in fear as rhetoric around them worsens and politicians fuel the flames of discord.

'Fighters, don’t be lazy' - Malema as EFF sets sights on Western Cape

Tshego Lepule|Published

With just six weeks to go before South Africans cast their votes in the May 8 national elections, EFF leader Julius Malema has uttered a war cry.

Eskom tariff hikes leave Cape consumers fuming

Tshego Lepule|Published

On Monday consumers will find themselves having to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for electricity as tariff hikes kick in.

#Elections2019: Voters wary of violent crime ahead of polls

Tshego Lepule|Published

W Cape has 7 highest murder rate stations