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Every day in South Africa, women and children live with the devastating reality of gender-based violence. It’s not just a 1 in 3 statistic. Families are being torn apart. Lives changed forever. Lives lost. Organisations like The Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children and The 1st for Women Foundation do amazing work in both supporting survivors of gender-based violence, as well as aiming to prevent it in future. Therefore, by
An all-night operation unfolded between Sunday evening and Monday morning in a remote area of the Karbonkelberg hiking trail above Maori Bay, between Llandudno and Hout Bay, which saw an NSRI rescue craft being deployed to evacuate an injured German hiker and his wife. The 38-year-old man injured his ankle while hiking with his partner to the Boss 400 wreck and was unable to walk safely back along the trail. According to Wilderness
Parents and guardians are being urged to keep a close eye on their children as the September school holidays get underway. Schools across the country closed on 23 September 2026 and are expected to reopen on Tuesday, 6 October 2026. The Department of Social Development is warning parents, guardians and caregivers to remain vigilant and take precautions to protect children from harm during the holiday period. The warning comes amid wider
CapeNature has urged residents and visitors to South African coastlines to keep a safe distance from Cape fur seals and to act immediately if they or their pets are bitten, scratched or exposed to a seal’s saliva. This comes as the world marks International Rabies Day on Monday, 28 September 2026. According to the agency, rabies has been detected in Cape fur seals along the South African coastline and by the end of
President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended democratic South Africa’s commitment to correct the injustices of the past, as some Afrikaner civil-society groups claim that black economic empowerment (BEE) and other “race-based” laws are basically a new Apartheid. This type of messaging found an audience among US decision-makers, which led to the recent implementation of visa restrictions on South Africans whom the US believes are involved in policies such as BEE or land expropriation. The
