Coal mine opponents targeted on social media
“Powerful interests use violence and threats to cut off those defending human rights”
By John Yeld
Feature | 24 July 2018
Cape Town’s neglected council flats
City says it will spend R147 million on upgrades to the rental units it owns
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Thembela Ntongana
Feature | 24 July 2018
Woodstock families given eight months to vacate homes
Magistrate says eviction is a result of gentrification
News | 24 July 2018
I was naked when officials burst into my shack
City of Cape Town demolishes shacks in Nkandla
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 23 July 2018
R78 million Eastern Cape water project fails to deliver
“In the past 18 months we have had water for only eight months. The last time water was running in our taps was six months ago.”
By Wara Fana
Brief | 23 July 2018
Power struggle between ANC and EFF in Brakpan turns violent
Some residents oppose EFF’s involvement in land occupation
News | 23 July 2018
School mergers worsen scholar transport problem
We have never merged two schools without consent or consultation with the community, maintains education department
Brief | 23 July 2018
Living on the banks of a river of sewage
Open sewage flows past 100 RDP homes in Uitenhage
Brief | 23 July 2018
Trenches filled up with mud mixed with sewage water in Port Elizabeth
“We wanted our streets to be upgraded. The roads are now worse.”
Brief | 23 July 2018