Dave Chambers is the Cape Town bureau chief for the Sunday Times and TimesLIVE.
Principal who doubled matric pass rate fired for punching teacher
A principal who doubled his school's matric pass rate by organising extra classes was furious when some pupils did not ...
Three months on, parliament full of mosquitoes, 'lethal' gas, melted metal and 30mm cracks
"Nothing destroys like fire. That beautiful building, it's all gone," said a shocked senior ANC MP on Friday after ...
138 inmates get go-ahead to sue for R69m damages over prison ‘assaults’
The appeal court has given the go-ahead for 138 men to sue the government for R500,000 each over alleged assaults at St ...
SA TV news producer evacuated from Ukraine after ambush by Russian death squad
A SA TV news producer and her four crew have been evacuated from Ukraine after two of them were shot by a suspected ...
Education bosses told to change tune after punishing teacher for singing in church choir
A teacher who was given a final written warning for singing in a church choir has had it expunged after appealing.
Fired principal who took kickback on textbook order fails to get his job back
An acting principal who shared a kickback on a textbook order with a school governor has failed to overturn his ...
Seven-day send-off for Desmond Tutu
A seven-day send-off is being organised for the late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu in Cape Town.
'May he rise in glory': Prayer and tributes for the Arch
A life-size poster of two SA icons of peace, former president Nelson Mandela and the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu ...
‘Unicorns of sea’ send seismic distress signal from Arctic to Wild Coast
Narwhals, the "unicorns of the sea" that live in the Arctic, have transmitted a 12,000km distress signal to the sea ...
Covid-19 rules that ignored reality of shack dwellers’ lives come under fire
Lockdown regulations that ignored the living conditions of shack-dwellers were "astonishing", according to a new ...