Brief
Widespread flooding in Cape Town informal settlements
“Almost everyone around here is affected”
Brief | 14 June 2023
Black Sash petitions social development minister to oversee SASSA
The civil society organisation lists numerous issues with social grant payments it says need to be addressed urgently
By Liezl Human
Brief | 14 June 2023
Former activist organisation manager pleads guilty to fraud
SJC’s Xolani Klaas enters into a plea agreement after defrauding the organisation of more than R730,000
Brief | 13 June 2023
Ninth suspect in Thabo Bester escape appears in court
Zanda Moyo will join eight others in the criminal trial on 20 June
Brief | 13 June 2023
Diep River occupiers say they’ll move if City provides acceptable accommodation
119 Families served with notice to vacate land on the Diep River floodplain
Brief | 13 June 2023
Exhibition imagines an alternative future for an inclusive Cape Town
Residents of Cissie Gool House have co-designed an exhibit at the Cape Institute for Architecture
Brief | 8 June 2023
Hands off Antarctic, demand protesters
Door to the global fridge should be locked, say activists
Brief | 5 June 2023
Only four police vans for 57 villages in Tsomo, Eastern Cape
Community marches to police station and magistrate court to demand better policing
Brief | 2 June 2023
Ficksburg community leaders arrested during clashes over land occupation
The Setsoto Local Municipality has obtained an interim order preventing any new shacks from being erected
Brief | 1 June 2023