News
How a woman secures her shack when it rains
Masiphumelele’s informal settlement is built on a wetland and regularly floods
News | 4 July 2018
Injured woman has Home Affairs nightmare
Long queues and rude officials have made it extremely difficult for Kundji Tembo to renew her asylum papers
News | 4 July 2018
Western Cape opposes national government’s mining rights approval
Department of Mineral Resources approved Australian company’s application to do mineral prospecting on northern bank of Olifants River estuary
By John Yeld
News | 3 July 2018
Hope for Johannesburg waste pickers
The City has committed to including them in recycling efforts, but activists are sceptical
By Zoë Postman
News | 2 July 2018
Pietermaritzburg residents start cleaning blitz
Sobantu residents say the municipality has neglected the township
News | 2 July 2018
Judge Hlophe fails to explain why judgments are extremely late
Sixteen judgments at the Cape High Court have been outstanding for more than half-a-year. Six have been outstanding since 2016.
News | 29 June 2018
Hout Bay roads blocked in taxi tiff
Route to Cape Town is supposed to be for MyCiTi only, but taxis have starting using it again
News | 28 June 2018
“We have no place to defecate” says Khayelitsha resident
City has promised to fix blocked toilets in Green Point informal settlement, but blames land occupiers for problem
By Vincent Lali
News | 28 June 2018
Hope for solar geyser company dependent on government contracts
But workers haven’t been paid for months and are upset by the company’s labour practices
News | 28 June 2018