4+ hour, 13+ min ago   (879+ words) Conflicting accounts of when a call for help was made to hotel reception before Anele Tembe’s fatal fall emerged during a formal inquest into her death at the Cape Town magistrate’s court this week, raising questions about the timeline of…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (730+ words) Seconds after Anele Tembe fell from the 10th floor of Cape Town’s Pepperclub Hotel, a resident who saw her lying on the pavement looked towards a balcony and saw Kiernan “AKA” Forbes leaning over the railing and screaming, “Oh my God,…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (817+ words) “Leave me alone, get away from me.” These were the words Roberto Stefanutto told the Cape Town magistrate’s court he heard a woman scream moments before Anele Tembe fell from the 10th floor of the city’s Pepperclub Hotel in April 2021. The…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (493+ words) Cameron Hanekom came off the bench with only 19 minutes remaining, but the substitute loose forward made his presence felt in the Springboks’ 29-24 win over the All Blacks in Soweto on Saturday. He was part of the rolling maul from which…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (566+ words) On September 5 2026, they did it again! SA 29 ─ 24 NZ. But the score, as I’ve come to appreciate, is not the point. What they are really carrying is not muscle mass, but the weight of hope. We live in a country where…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (441+ words) Should the South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have allowed it? No. In fact, I’m extremely sceptical that they ever did allow it. They say they’ve launched compliance verifications to determine if the pilots adhered to the approved flight plan....

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (765+ words) The DA risks losing its majority control of the City of Cape Town unless it intensifies its campaigning ahead of the November 4 municipal elections, according to the latest Ipsos electoral survey. The DA has 46% of voter support, while parties such…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (605+ words) Township economies are complex. They come from a South African history of socially engineered urban growth and marginalisation, macro- and micro-level systems of power and decision-making. Home to more than 15-million people, the township economy has a story to tell....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (547+ words) Spring brings warmer days, longer nights and, for many South Africans, an unwelcome side-effect: sneezing, itchy eyes and a nose that suddenly seems to have a mind of its own. It can be difficult to know whether you are dealing…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (808+ words) When Antonio Michaels took over as principal of Blackheath High School in Cape Town four years ago, one of his first decisions was simple but symbolic: remove every piece of graffiti from the school’s walls. For Michaels, clean walls were…...