Langa residents demand removal of ward councillor
Dozens protest outside municipal offices over blocked drains and toilets, lack of garbage removal and broken street lights
By Vincent Lali
News | 27 August 2019
“My RDP house has robbed me of my legs”
Official says Nomvula Frans’s home will be prioritised to make it suitable for her disability
News | 27 August 2019
PRASA employee describes dysfunctional organisation
“Angry customers ask why we want to verify their tickets when there is no service?” says ticket collector
Brief | 27 August 2019
Toilets unserviced for months in Khayelitsha
We breath unbearable stench from the dirty loos, says resident
By Vincent Lali
News | 27 August 2019
Raw sewage runs through Dunoon’s Ethembeni informal settlement
Residents say they have been living in these conditions for over a year
News | 27 August 2019
“We turned an unused building into a place many now call home”
“In this place there is love and care,” says Woodstock hospital occupier
News | 27 August 2019
Still no police station five years after Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into policing
Police ministry and SAPS continue to fail the vulnerable and the poor, says activist
Brief | 26 August 2019
Is Melissa Whitehead a principled civil servant or a “cowboy”?
Her supporters say she was too progressive for Cape Town’s municipality. Her detractors accuse her of playing victim.
By Tessa Knight
News | 26 August 2019
Endlovini residents burn rubble at councillor’s office
Protesters demand toilets and electricity
Brief | 26 August 2019