Feature
Police and protesters accused of brutality in Hermanus
Cele promises to bring IPID to Zwelihle to investigate
By Tariro Washinyira and Chumani Mazwi
Feature | 25 July 2018
Coal mine opponents targeted on social media
“Powerful interests use violence and threats to cut off those defending human rights”
By John Yeld
Feature | 24 July 2018
Cape Town’s neglected council flats
City says it will spend R147 million on upgrades to the rental units it owns
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Thembela Ntongana
Feature | 24 July 2018
How Bo-Kaap’s rising property prices are threatening a community
But many of the neighbourhood’s cash-poor, asset-rich homeowners are resisting the temptation to sell
Text by Aidan Jones. Photos by Barry Christianson.
Feature | 9 July 2018
Cape Town residents wait days for ambulance
Stark divide between Bonnytoun’s coloured and black residents, but all await houses
Feature | 6 July 2018
Battle for Bo-Kaap’s future
Residents are protesting against gentrification but a heritage consultant is sceptical of “nostalgia of an imagined past”
Text by Aidan Jones. Photos by Barry Christianson.
Feature | 26 June 2018
Why families occupied land in Parkwood
“Politicians come and make promises they can’t keep”
Feature | 19 June 2018
18-year-old informal miner mourns his dead friend
It’s hard to go underground, but life must go on, says Tawanda
Feature | 14 June 2018
Poacher killed in high-speed boat chase
Mortimer Booysen’s body washed up near Pearly Beach
Feature | 31 May 2018