“For years people showed us plans for housing then disappeared without anything being done. Many of us had lost hope”
By Thembela Ntongana and Lucas Nowicki
News | 27 July 2020
Six men from Masiphumelele died last week after drinking homemade beer they bought
News | 8 June 2020
City does not have money to upgrade hostel this financial year
News | 4 May 2020
“We are not ignorant as people say. We are forced by our living conditions”
News | 21 April 2020
Parents unhappy with sending their children to Ocean View
News | 1 March 2019
Union federation marches in Cape Town ahead of budget speech tomorrow
News | 19 February 2019
“We are losing profits. Our clients are impatient and always in a hurry. They can’t wait for about two and a half hours.”
By Mary-Anne Gontsana, Thembela Ntongana and Tariro Washinyira
News | 15 February 2019
Khumbuzile Phakamile survives by selling empties to shebeens and trying to find gardening jobs that pay a pittance
News | 14 February 2019
But civil society tells Parliament that an untrained and under resourced police force is failing communities
Parliament | 13 February 2019
SJC general secretary is being prosecuted for contravening the Regulation of Gatherings Act
Brief | 6 February 2019
Over 4,000 people now occupy privately owned land in Schulphoek
News | 5 February 2019
Scotty rescued Nonzame Vuyi in a shack fire in Cape Town; now he may have to be sent to the Eastern Cape
News | 5 February 2019
Residents of informal settlements demand sanitation in protest aimed at Mayor Dan Plato
News | 31 January 2019
“This community is growing every day and can no longer cope with just one primary school”
News | 23 January 2019
The no-fee school is battling to raise the tent’s R10,000 rental fee for next month
News | 18 January 2019
No electricity can be installed in wetlands, says City of Cape Town
News | 15 January 2019