While plans for temporary relocation of 891 households occupying the Central Line are making progress, thousands of households remain on the railway
By Steve Kretzmann and Sandiso Phaliso
News | 12 October 2023
Loadshedding has made the problem worse
By Sandiso Phaliso and Sonia A. Rao
Brief | 10 October 2023
An owner of a fruit and vegetable stall in Philippi says he must pay a gang R500 a month not to rob him
News | 4 October 2023
Traditional leaders say the land is used for Xhosa initiation rituals
News | 3 October 2023
The pool in Philippi has been closed since August when it was vandalised during the taxi protests
Brief | 29 September 2023
Some workers are spending half their wage to commute because trains aren’t running
News | 26 September 2023
The case was postponed
Brief | 20 September 2023
The serial rapist first appeared in the Khayelitsha Magistrates’ Court in 2017 but was only convicted in August
News | 4 September 2023
Charges against attorney Gary Trappler have been reinstated after CCTV footage came to light
Brief | 28 August 2023
“The people behind these attacks need to realise that they are depriving their own communities of vital services” says clean-up volunteer
Brief | 14 August 2023
Philippi marchers call for City of Cape Town to use its CCTV cameras to bring the perpetrators of crimes committed this week to book
Brief | 10 August 2023
“Bakeries are no longer distributing bread because it is not safe in the townships.”
News | 10 August 2023
“Why vandalise a library that your sister, brother and child needs?” asks ward councillor
News | 8 August 2023
Truck driver describes his narrow escape after his vehicle was torched by mob
By Sandiso Phaliso and Qaqamba Falithenjwa
News | 7 August 2023
“Ordinary people like me are the ones suffering” says patient as clinic services impacted by taxi strike
By Sandiso Phaliso, Matthew Hirsch and Vincent Lali
News | 4 August 2023
City seeking urgent interdict against the taxi strike
By Matthew Hirsch, Sandiso Phaliso and Liezl Human
News | 3 August 2023