South Africa|Western Cape

Families in Cape Town’s squalid backyards are still waiting for promised housing project

The Greater Retreat Housing project was announced in 2018

We visited SASSA offices. Here’s what we found

People waiting in long queues told us their frustrations

Universal access to trains: Metrorail’s empty promises

New trains have spaces for wheelchairs but many stations and platforms are inaccessible

District Six families must wait at least three more years to return

Government has not yet secured funding to build the houses

Families live in limbo on Cape Town’s railway lines

PRASA has been mum for months about relocation plans

Presumed guilty! Years in prison awaiting trial

Goodwood prison massively overcrowded, judge’s report finds

Flower farm keeps Constantia’s coloured heritage alive

Jaftha brothers help heal a history of land dispossession

Alarming increase in attacks on social workers

“It was a calling for me, but the calling didn’t include me being in danger”

Langa families were moved to a “temporary” area in 2002. They are still there

Their living conditions are dire

In photos: Aftermath of Silvermine fire

In photos: Wildfire scorches Cape Town’s Silvermine reserve

An injured firefighter has been hospitalised and about 198 homes have been evacuated

Parliament accuses activists of abusing court process

#UniteBehind is challenging the constitutionality of Parliament’s new Code of Conduct

No identity eight years after submitting DNA evidence

Home Affairs incompetence leaves young woman stateless for decades

Western Cape schools admission policy challenged in court

Equal Education argues late applicants are blocked from accessing schooling. But department argues that parents need to apply on time.

Major legal battle looms over Stellenbosch luxury estate

Botmaskop developer says it has complied with statutory requirements

Blaauwberg residents locked in battle over dune development

Ecologically sensitive land is at risk, and some of those who oppose the project say their input has not been taken into account