New twist in Noordhoek wetland road controversy

Independence of environmental consultants questioned in appeals against recent approval of the project

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News | 3 March 2020

Refugees arrested during clashes in Cape Town

“We are dying in this country” says Somali man

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News | 2 March 2020

No end to water rationing in Makhanda

Water crisis could have been avoided, says residents’ association

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News | 2 March 2020

Refugee mother owed nine months of child grants

Annie Tshimanga given the runaround by SASSA after her card was stolen

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Brief | 2 March 2020

Not much progress with Ramaphosa’s school sanitation campaign

Only 266 out of 3,898 schools have benefitted

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News | 2 March 2020

City acts against Greenmarket Square protesters

It remains to be seen if the nearly six-month long stand-off in central Cape Town has ended

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News | 1 March 2020

Activists occupy Rondebosch Golf Course, demand land redistribution

“We will come back to build our shacks here”

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Brief | 29 February 2020

Councillor must fall, say Soweto White City residents

Councillor Ntombizodwa Nxumalo says protests are politically motivated

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News | 28 February 2020

Addo shut down by protests

Residents of one of the area’s oldest informal settlements want houses, electricity, tap water, toilets and passable roads

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Brief | 28 February 2020

Centuries old fishing method survives in False Bay

In the 1970s there were dozens of trek fishing crews. Today, there are only four left.

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Photo Essay | 28 February 2020

Families demand speed bumps after car crashes into house

Pietermaritzburg road has been the scene of many accidents

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Brief | 28 February 2020

Seven years after renovations started, school still incomplete

“Usually when it rains I have to stand for the rest of the period because my spot leaks” says learner

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Brief | 28 February 2020

Taps ran dry over a decade ago in North West Village

Villagers have depended on buying water from private tankers and people with wells

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News | 28 February 2020

Metrorail comes to grinding halt because of unpaid electricity bill

PRASA owed ESKOM R4 million and was 34 days overdue

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Brief | 28 February 2020

Tragic landfill conflict fouls Cape Town’s air

Security guard murdered, dumpsite set on fire

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News | 27 February 2020