Thursday, 8 October 2026

Government is seeking legal clarity after a Constitutional Court judgment that asylum seekers may not be deported until they have fully accessed the system, however they arrived in South Africa.

Farm worker groups want unused public land, including the Plant Quarantine Station in Stellenbosch, used for social housing. Women on Farms says thousands of families face eviction.

The Living Planet report finds monitored vertebrate populations have declined by an average of 73% globally since 1970, with African populations down about 80% and freshwater populations down 85%.

The Roots and Shoots study followed Western Cape pupils from grade R to grade three. Only about half of children in no-fee and low-fee schools were on track at grade R, versus 90% in mid-fee schools.