The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has responded to claims made that learners from Vista High School in Cape Town were not having their concerns addressed. Learners from the school took to ...

Launched in 2003 under the leadership of now-CEO Pieter Engelbrecht, Usave has become a critical part of the Group’s low-cost, high-impact format mix - growing from a single small-format store to a ...

Residents and housing advocacy groups, including Reclaim the City and Ndifuna Ukwazi (RTC/NU) Law Centre, are preparing for a legal showdown with the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure ...

CAPE TOWN - The Western Cape government has called on CATA and CODETA to urgently resolve the mini-bus taxi conflict in Cape Town. Peace talks between the rival taxi associations reached a deadlock ...

The Bell Hotel has been at the centre of intense protests and counter-protests over recent weeks [PA Media] An injunction due to temporarily block asylum seekers from being housed at an Essex hotel ...

A council in Epping, Essex, has been refused an application to appeal against a ruling allowing asylum seekers to continue to be housed at a hotel in the area. The Bell Hotel in Epping became the ...

A heated debate in the Western Cape Legislature this week has exposed the profound political divisions surrounding the province’s escalating violent crime crisis. Opposition parties have vehemently ...

Anti-immigration demonstrators - some wearing hoods, others with face coverings and carrying English flags - continued to protest outside an asylum hotel on Thursday night. The Home Office had argued ...

A woman has been arrested in Epping after protesting at the local migrant hotel and waving a Union Flag over a council building. The anonymous woman was arrested on Sunday evening, along with two ...

Teachers in the Western Cape have raised urgent concerns about overcrowded classrooms and insufficient resources that continue to hinder effective learning. Although the Western Cape Education ...

POLICE have imposed increased restrictions in Epping ahead of another planned protest at the former Bell Hotel, which is currently housing 138 asylum seekers. Another planned protest is scheduled to ...

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