What happens when people in state housing cannot pay the rent?
A look at what happened at Steenvilla, Cape Town’s largest social housing complex
By Shaun Swingler and Maxwell Roeland
Feature | 5 December 2017
Don’t separate husbands and wives in shelters, says court
Residents of shelters have rights to privacy and dignity, Constitutional Court finds
Law | 5 December 2017
Lufthansa named in irregular PRASA contract
R15m deal is an example of chaotic way rail company was managed
By Aidan Jones
News | 4 December 2017
Social grants falling as share of state expenditure
Yet percentage of people living in poverty has grown
By Isobel Frye
Opinion | 4 December 2017
Failure of commuter rail is a crime against urban poor
“I am appealing to employers to empathise with staff who rely on rail to get to work”
By Brett Herron
Opinion | 4 December 2017
Zuma promised me a house
73-year-old amputee lives alone in dilapidated mud home
Brief | 1 December 2017
City promises Mfuleni shack dwellers toilets and electricity in 2018
45 families in Ligwa beg to use neighbours’ toilets
By Vincent Lali
News | 1 December 2017
Waiting by the roadside desperate for work
The official unemployment rate in the Eastern Cape has risen to over 32%
News | 1 December 2017
Police say crime, not its policies, affect the poor
Judge quotes constitution to police: it’s their duty to prevent, combat and investigate crime
Law | 1 December 2017