“My house smells like a toilet”
City of Cape Town’s janitorial programme has left Siyahlala and other informal settlements unserviced for over a year
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 24 September 2018
Gwede Mantashe to meet Xolobeni residents opposed to mining
But residents sceptical of his intentions
News | 21 September 2018
No progress for the “rainbow nation” without redress, says artist
In Things we lost in the Rainbow, artist Athi-Patra Ruga tries to reclaim the spaces from which he and many others have been historically exiled
Photo Essay | 21 September 2018
Residents of Marikana informal settlement left in the dark
A year after High Court ordered City of Cape Town to buy the land but the matter is still in court
Brief | 21 September 2018
Zimbabwean teachers in SA unpaid for months
Western Cape Education Department says Home Affairs is to blame
Brief | 21 September 2018
Asylum seekers say officials keep their passports until they buy tickets to Zimbabwe
But bus ticket operators will usually not issue a cross-border ticket if the passenger does not show a passport
By Ray Mwareya
News | 21 September 2018
Sea Point security company in court over provident fund contributions
Proexec owners say they are cash-strapped and unable to pay
Brief | 20 September 2018
Why is there so much conflict between Abahlali and the state?
Scarcity of houses is just one part of a problem that has its roots in the province’s 1990s violence
Analysis | 20 September 2018
14 arrests in Eastern Cape taxi protest
“A bullet missed me. I felt it passing my face”
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
Brief | 20 September 2018