News
Marikana: Phiyega “not fit for office”
Riah Phiyega is not fit to hold the office of National Commissioner of Police, say the Marikana Commission’s evidence leaders.
Alide Dasnois
News | 5 November 2014
Marikana: how the police “constructed” their story
Police evidence to the Marikana Commission was "constructed" at a meeting in Potchefstroom soon after the massacre of 34 miners in 2012, according to the commission’s evidence leaders.
Alide Dasnois
News | 5 November 2014
Khayelitsha and Nyanga lighties demo their cricket skills
Khayelitsha cricket oval was abuzz this past weekend. Great weather and enthusiastic shouts of “Good bowling”, “Keep it up”, “Bowl him out” and appealing every time there was the vaguest prospect of a wicket contributed to a wonderful atmosphere.
Siyabonga Kalipa
News | 4 November 2014
Making a living selling smileys
Nombulelo Mtibe eeks out a living selling smileys. And no, a smiley is not an emoticon on your phone!
Pharie Sefali
News | 3 November 2014
Domestic row blamed for fire that leaves 160 homeless
Residents of Europe informal settlement near NY 108 Cemetery in Gugulethu have begun rebuilding their shacks after they were gutted by a blazing inferno on Friday evening.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 3 November 2014
Cape Town’s popular public swimming pools: a joy for all but not equally spread
Summer is here and people in Cape Town have begun enjoying swimming pools, either their own or one of the city's public pools. But how evenly spread are the city's pools?
Lea Bork
News | 3 November 2014
Students demand an end to unequal education
“In my school we have two main problems. The first one is a lack of water. Our taps are not working properly,” said Phila Biyongo, a grade 9 student at Simanyene High School in Strand, as she marched through Cape Town city centre yesterday afternoon in a protest organised by Equal Education.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 1 November 2014
Home affairs tells asylum-seeking married couple to remarry
Christine Ntumba is an asylum seeker from the DRC. And she’s in a desperate situation. Her baby, Aradi, is sick and cannot get the medical attention he needs because Christine cannot obtain vital documents because of bureaucratic hurdles.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 31 October 2014
Independent moves against Tony Weaver
Cape Times opinion page editor and veteran journalist Tony Weaver has been called before a disciplinary hearing after questioning a suggestion to crop out the logo of an advertiser from a news photo of a mall robbery.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 31 October 2014