5+ hour, 11+ min ago  (552+ words) Grace and Maya following her guide dog graduation In a world where insurance is often seen as a safety net for the unexpected, there's a growing shift towards something more meaningful: Turning everyday premiums into tangible community impact. One such…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (346+ words) TENSIONS: Cyril Ramaphosa and Donald Trump The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) and the Presidency have contradicted each other over the acceptance of a new designated ambassador to the US, Roelf Meyer, as President Donald Trump continues with…...

10+ hour, 14+ min ago  (237+ words) Lorenzo Davids is the Executive Director of Urban Issues Consulting. Any generalisation is unfair. It's often a suspension of reason and an oversimplification of experience in an attempt to establish fact. That makes that "fact' a lie. "The war in…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (447+ words) Early winter rains bring flooding across Cape Town as snow dusts Western Cape mountain peaks Image: Donovan Nelson/ Facebook A cold front brought a taste of winter to the Western Cape at the weekend, with widespread rain and localised flooding…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (478+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa has pushed back against claims by Elon Musk that South Africa's empowerment laws are "racist, saying the policies are constitutional measures to address historical inequality. Image: Phando Jikelo / Parliament of SA President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected Elon…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (353+ words) Cape Town residents will gather in Claremont on 18 April for a 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day Creativity and Innovation Day event, bringing handmade blankets, yarn and community spirit together to support vulnerable communities. Cape Town residents are invited to pick…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (482+ words) More than one million indigenous seeds were illegally harvested in the Western Cape in just five months, signalling a shift by organised crime syndicates towards harder-to-detect biodiversity trafficking. A shift from plant poaching to mass seed harvesting has triggered alarm…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (270+ words) The fire in the Cederberg damaged hundreds of hectares of vegetation. As South Africa finds itself amid a gripping wildfire season, Cape Nature has launched an urgent series of its acclaimed'Green Noise'podcast to delve into the heart of the crisis....

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (413+ words) Significant changes to the history curriculum are expected next year. South Africa's new history curriculum is set to prioritise African perspectives and local narratives, reshaping the way students learn about their past. This comes as the Department of Basic Education…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (551+ words) Save Our Sacred Lands has welcomed the ruling, saying it reinforces the importance of protecting heritage sites and ecological spaces. Heritage Western Cape has rejected a Heritage Impact Assessment linked to a proposed development at Oude Molen Eco Village in…...