Steenvilla social housing residents protest evictions

Company says some households haven’t paid rent for a year, while residents say they can’t afford increases

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News | 24 July 2017

Vavi regrets singing Zuma praise songs

He accuses Cosatu of “bootlicking” Ramaphosa who “will never liberate workers”

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News | 24 July 2017

Hout Bay residents agree to keep the peace

But community remains split over reblocking and several leaders have been arrested for public violence

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News | 24 July 2017

Armed attack on occupiers of Helen Bowden Nurses Home

Activists believe it was politically motivated

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Brief | 24 July 2017

Janitors struggle to cope with Wallacedene’s filthy toilets

City promises immunisation shots for workers and that all necessary equipment and chemicals will be delivered

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News | 24 July 2017

Kensington residents demand more police

Protest comes following spike in reported contact crimes

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Brief | 24 July 2017

Houses damaged in N2 Gateway dispute

Residents and housing project steering committee members question beneficiary lists

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Brief | 24 July 2017

Prudence Mabele was a radical who led the struggle for openness about HIV

Her eyes would laugh with anger at Thabo Mbeki and Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

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Obituary | 22 July 2017

Motherwell residents watch garbage pile up for six months

Residents claim dumping site last cleared in December

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Brief | 21 July 2017

City-hired security company suspends 250 employees

Workers claim they are placed where there is no clean water, toilets or electricity

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News | 21 July 2017

Pityana asks MPs to vote according to conscience

“Zuma and his cohorts conduct themselves in a way that represents a betrayal of the liberation movement”

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Interview | 21 July 2017

Municipality fails to explain why taps have run dry

Mooiplaas residents forced to fetch water from a river and neighbouring settlements

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Brief | 21 July 2017

Violence erupts in Hout Bay as City attempts to reblock

Anti-Land Invasion Unit demolishes over 50 shacks

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News | 20 July 2017

Lost trial record hampers prisoner’s appeal

Bongile Mbangane’s case is not unusual in disorganised court system

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News | 20 July 2017

Everything you need to know about government housing

Struggling to understand how to get a government house? We hope this guide helps you.

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Explainer | 20 July 2017

300 beds added to Western Cape’s shelters over past three years

But Cape Town CBD homeless shelters still need more beds

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News | 20 July 2017