Brief

Trains will be back on this Joburg line soon

Trains on the Vereeniging line stopped running during the covid lockdown

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Brief | 21 January 2026

Fire destroys shacks in Khayelitsha

Dozens of families affected

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Brief | 20 January 2026

Philippi East massacre: Cops contradict each other on arrests

Suspects appear to have been taken in for questioning, but not arrested

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Brief | 20 January 2026

Human Rights Commission visits school where learners use playground as a loo

Toilets are being repaired at Van Coller primary after parents shut down the school last week

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Brief | 20 January 2026

Unemployed teachers camp outside KZN education department

Department ignores them

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Brief | 19 January 2026

Gauteng battles to place learners

Many parents are disappointed with the schools they’ve been offered

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Brief | 16 January 2026

KZN school devastated by thunderstorms

SGB chair claims education minister promised to build new school. MEC Sipho Hlomuka has not answered our questions.

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Brief | 16 January 2026

Parents close Eastern Cape school where playground is used as a toilet

Toilets at the primary school in Komani have not functioned for six years

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Brief | 14 January 2026

Showdown outside Durban school over places for immigrant children

But it appears overcrowding is the main reason why children – both South Africans and immigrants – have not been placed

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Brief | 14 January 2026