Caked in mud, with only an ear and an eye visible, a protected aardvark was rescued in Nelson Mandela Bay after falling into a vandalised telecommunications manhole – highlighting the toll that rampant infrastructure theft takes on wildlife.
While sexual offences and gender-based violence remain an ongoing concern across the country, two dedicated Nelson Mandela Bay detectives did their part to put four perpetrators behind bars for a very long time.
The ANC has issued a rebuke of its Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, after his recent comments about having to bathe in a hotel due to water outages caused widespread outrage.
The South African Human Rights Commission has called for the country’s worsening water crisis to be declared a national disaster, warning that the situation has reached “crisis proportions”.
The City of Cape Town plans to tighten enforcement on commercial-scale short-term letting to ensure properties primarily used for Airbnb-style accommodation pay commercial rates.