David Ansara warns that freedom of expression at UCT is under threat as he faces suspension and Mark Oppenheimer faces expulsion from the university’s Council for speaking out against antisemitism on campus. Mark Oppenheimer, a prominent lawyer and defender of free speech, is facing expulsion from the University of Cape Town (UCT) Council. His sin?…
Cape Town’s city centre has become the latest stage for scenes familiar from European capitals: a dense throng of asylum seekers and supporters filling the streets, many waving Palestinian flags, amid ongoing national tension over the reopening of the asylum system following a Constitutional Court ruling. The protest, captured in widely shared footage, comes as…
In terms of affordability and cost-of-living standards, a Deutsche Bank report found significant price changes over the last decade, with globalisation failing to achieve price equalisation. This is due to various factors, including taxes, regulations, currency fluctuations, and inflation. Deutsche Bank Research Institute senior financial researchers and macroeconomists Adrian Cox and Jim Reid said that…
According to a report published earlier this year, Cape Town is one of the cheapest cities in the world for beer and cigarettes, with a basket costing around R230, including five 500 ml beers and two packs of cigarettes. This is according to the Deutsche Bank’s Mapping the World’s Prices report for 2026, which analyses…
Western Cape exports to the United States fell by R2.8 billion in 2025, and by nearly R7 billion on the latest rolling twelve-month figures, as tariffs and a diplomatic freeze hit the province’s farmers, wine makers and boat builders. The slump has landed hardest on the agricultural and agro-processing lines that the Democratic Alliance’s provincial…
The City of Cape Town’s newly proposed Short-Term Letting By-Law is drawing sharp criticism from property owners and economic analysts, who warn that the heavy-handed regulations will stifle local entrepreneurship and damage the Western Cape’s vital tourism industry. While marketed by municipal officials as a measure to manage housing supply, the policy introduces aggressive tax…
SANDTON — In his first major national address since assuming the leadership of the Democratic Alliance (DA), Geordin Hill-Lewis declared an end to thirty years of uninterrupted political orthodoxy, asserting that South Africa has firmly entered its ‘second transition.’ Speaking from Sandton on Thursday morning, Hill-Lewis unveiled a comprehensive blueprint aimed at completely restructuring the…
The political and administrative leadership of the Knysna Local Municipality has collapsed following the arrests of former mayor Thando Matika, acting municipal manager Boy Ngubo, and acting chief financial officer Busisiwe Lubelwana on corruption charges. The South African Police Service (SAPS) Political Killings Task Team executed the arrests on Thursday, October 1, 2026, following allegations…
Tug operator Amsol said it had been in contact with the families of the three seafarers whose bodies were recovered off Mossel Bay, and of the two still missing. The five had ended up in the sea about 47 nautical miles south of Mossel Bay on Wednesday after one of them fell overboard from the…
As the City of Cape Town embarks on yet another proposed desalination plant idea, this time a R5 billion project in Paarden Eiland, concerns have been raised among residents and political parties due to potential implications for water tariffs. This comes as prior desalination plants in Strandfontein and Monwabisi, which have since been decommissioned, “provided…
