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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · By Liezl Human

    SIU asked to investigate farm worker equity schemes (opens the original)

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    The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development has asked the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate failed farm worker equity schemes (FWES). Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development has approached the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate the failure of farm worker equity schemes (FWES). This follows significant pressure by civil society organisations and Parliament on the department to investigate the disbursement of millions o

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · By Liezl Human

    Heritage Day: poet celebrates Kaaps dictionary (opens the original)

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    Gaireyah Fredericks spoke at the Iziko Bo-kaap museum on Thursday. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks “One cannot complete one’s identity without language,” says award-winning author and poet Gaireyah Fredericks. She was speaking about the rich history of Kaaps at the Iziko Bo-Kaap museum’s Heritage Day event on Thursday. Kaaps is a unique vernacular with roots that go as far back as the 1500s and developed over the years through contact between Khoi and San people, enslaved people and settlers. It is clo

  3. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · By Liezl Human

    Prisoners of poverty: unaffordable bail keeps thousands behind bars (opens the original)

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    From left to right: Ben de Vos (Gun Free SA) and former remand detainees Rabia Welcome, Ravona Solomon and Neo Smouse. They spoke at the World Safety Conference on Friday. Photo: Liezl Human Ravona Solomon was arrested and charged with possession of drugs. She was granted bail of R1,000 but could not afford it. The magistrate reduced it to R800 but still it was not within her means. She spent three months in Pollsmoor Prison until the Bail Fund paid her bail. The charges against her were eventua

  4. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · By Liezl Human

    Cape Town Climate Week: protecting drought-proof farmland (opens the original)

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    Over 100 climate activists and other participants gathered at the Vegkop Polyculture Farm as part of Cape Town Climate Week. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks The battle to preserve the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) wetland and the crucial Cape Flats Aquifer from mining and development was at the centre of a Cape Town Climate Week event on Thursday. Over 100 climate activists and other participants gathered at the Vegkop Polyculture Farm to discuss the importance of food and water security. They also

  5. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · By Liezl Human

    Students carry the cost of NSFAS funding cap, Parliament hears (opens the original)

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    University of Cape Town students protested in 2025 about the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s cap on accommodation costs. Students say they cannot afford to fund the gap. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) accommodation funding cap has not managed to curb high student housing prices. Instead, it has been used as a “price signal” for service providers to push up rents, Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela told Parliament’s p

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