Gugulethu’s filthy rat-infested canal

City says the road maintenance team only cleans the canal for stormwater purposes not to address illegal dumping

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Brief | 13 February 2025

Off-duty cop accused of brutally assaulting Cape Town man

Unconscious victim dumped at community clinic

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News | 13 February 2025

Bishopscourt land claimants to finally break ground on housing development

This comes 20 years after their claim was officially granted

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News | 12 February 2025

Nyanga and Khayelitsha train services suspended because of fire

Metrorail says services should be restored in two days

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Brief | 11 February 2025

Khayelitsha school still without stationery

Western Cape Education Department has urged the formation of a school governing body to help deal with issues at the school

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Brief | 11 February 2025

18 vehicles burnt in Nyanga

This comes nearly a month after a deadly shooting at the township’s taxi rank.

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Brief | 10 February 2025

This SASSA office opens earlier to deal with “high influx” of clients

A community worker says she sleeps outside the office to secure spaces for elderly or disabled people

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News | 10 February 2025

CPUT students protest against their “dire” accommodation

Students have been sleeping outside and in hallways

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News | 7 February 2025

Wreck of MV Ultra Galaxy confirmed as source of West Coast oil spill

Clean-up continues and conservationist is impressed with the response

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News | 7 February 2025

Navy ammunition depot in Simon’s Town is a fire hazard

Defence force is violating the law

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News | 7 February 2025

No plan yet for Cape Town families facing eviction

Bromwell residents still do not know where or when they will be relocated

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Brief | 6 February 2025

Goma Call For Peace campaign launched at St George’s Cathedral

Religious leaders and civil society groups call for end to the war

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Brief | 6 February 2025

Picket at Mining Indaba demands justice for Stilfontein miners

Activists called for reparations to be paid to the families of the miners who died

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Brief | 5 February 2025

No end to long queues at SASSA Khayelitsha

Grant recipients and applicants must sleep over or arrive in the early hours if they hope to get served

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Brief | 5 February 2025

Photo exhibition: Remembering the fishers of Kalk Bay

“The Sea is in our Blood” photo exhibition outside the Olympia Cafe

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News | 5 February 2025

Fresh outcry over hotel development next to historic Bo-Kaap mosque

Developers say the “goalposts keep moving”

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News | 4 February 2025