20+ hour, 41+ min ago   (346+ words) At 29, Rifumo Mathebula, who is the Programme Director of Wild Shots Outreach, has moved from a childhood spent herding livestock near one of Africa’s most prominent protected areas to an international leadership programme focused on strengthening the work of emerging…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (531+ words) The City of Cape Town is running a food-waste diversion trial at the Woodstock and Hout Bay drop-off facilities, where participants will separate organic waste at home before taking it to designated collection points. The pilot will run until 30 March…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (366+ words) South Africa has no plans to introduce a blanket ban preventing children under 16 from accessing social media, despite growing international pressure for tougher online restrictions. The issue has gained momentum globally, particularly after Australia introduced restrictions preventing under-16s from accessing…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1063+ words) South Africa is having fewer children than it did almost two decades ago, and the change is prompting a bigger conversation about what family life looks like in 2026. According to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), the country’s total fertility rate…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (505+ words) Cape Town’s property landscape is changing one neglected building at a time, and entrepreneur Murray Clark is betting that old spaces can have a new life. The Neighbourgood SA CEO and entrepreneur has built a business around transforming underused properties…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (209+ words) This temporary transformation comes after the crossing was vandalised over the weekend, leading to significant damage that officials have moved quickly to address. Ward 115 councillor Ian McMahon confirmed the unfortunate incident, stating, ‘Unfortunately, the crossing was vandalised over the weekend,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (499+ words) A twice-weekly clean-up effort across some of Cape Town’s busiest mountain areas has already removed close to 150 bags of litter, highlighting just how much waste can accumulate along popular routes and tourist spots. For the past six weeks according to…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (706+ words) According to News24, Gift of the Givers is in contact with the families of the missing travellers and is preparing to assist if the Nepalese government formally requests international search-and-rescue support. The humanitarian organisation says the situation on the ground remains…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (515+ words) The City of Cape Town says it will oppose an application by activist organisation Ndifuna Ukwazi to appeal a court ruling that clears the way for the eviction of more than 160 people from Transnet-owned land in Woodstock and Salt River....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (370+ words) The visit formed part of the City of Cape Town’s Housing the City Tour: Bringing You Home, an initiative aimed at taking housing services into communities rather than requiring residents to travel elsewhere for assistance. The tour also gave City…...