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Transnet freight rail collision – DA calls for firm timelines on export line restoration
17th January 2024 Following the unfortunate incident in which two Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) trains, conveying coal, collided on the export coal line to Richard’s... →
Healthy food is hard to come by in Cape Town’s poorer areas: how community gardens can fix that
16th January 2024 In 1950, as part of the Group Areas Act, South Africa’s apartheid government banished people of colour to outlying areas, away from central... →
Statement on the 7th African Continental Solidarity Meeting of solidarity with Cuba
15th January 2024 The African National Congress (ANC) and its allies, the South African Communist Party (SACP), Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and... →
Durban Container Terminal Pier 2's performance improving but ‘not out of the woods’
By: Darren Parker 11th January 2024 The Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2 has averaged single-digit vessels at anchor over the last two weeks, having earlier ensured that all... →
Medical staff not safe at public health facilities
11th January 2024 More than 200 incidents of hospital and clinic staff were attacked or threatened by patients or assailants over the past two years. Over half of... →
SANDF deployment to the DRC is reckless and must be reversed
10th January 2024 The deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) as part of the SADC's military intervention force to the eastern DRC is a... →
Massive toxicology backlog persists
10th January 2024 The massive toxicology backlog at the forensic chemistry laboratories (FCLs) in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria persists with 37 962 tests... →
International trade and green hydrogen: Supporting the global transition to a low-carbon economy
9th January 2024 By complementing renewable electrification and contributing to the decarbonisation of heavy industry, shipping, aviation and other key sectors,... →
