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Cape Flats fishermen still catching carp despite City health warning
The municipality has suspended fishing at Zeekoevlei due to high heavy metal levels, but people are still fishing in the Lotus River canal
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 17 October 2023
This is how I try to survive crime in Philippi
Living in Samora Machel, Cape Town, you hear gunshots any time of the day
News | 17 October 2023
Protesters from 68 Eastern Cape villages converge in Bhisho to demand clean water
Representatives march to the provincial office of COGTA under the banner of the Inyanda National Land Movement
News | 16 October 2023
African states urged to lobby International Criminal Court on Gaza
Southern African Litigation Centre says reports of war crimes must be probed
News | 16 October 2023
Court error causes years of delay in prisoner’s appeal
Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services received 2,244 complaints from prisoners appealing their sentences. KZN accounted for nearly half of these.
News | 16 October 2023
Court showdown over Cape Flats evictions
“We are not here because we want to be here. We are here because we need homes.”
News | 16 October 2023
March in Cape Town in support of Gaza as Israel orders evacuation
Official death toll rises to 3,000 - over 1,200 Israelis and about 1,800 Palestinians - as violence escalates
Text by Matthew Hirsch and Nathan Geffen. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 13 October 2023
eThekwini land occupiers claim officials attacked them without warning
The municipality claims it faced violent resistance when it was carrying out shack demolitions
News | 13 October 2023
Every Saturday this small shack turns into a vibrant children’s book club
Philippi resident Sindeka Mandoyi started the Chosi-chosi book club in 2019 to share her passion for reading
News | 13 October 2023