Six die from methanol poisoning in Cape Town

Four more in a critical condition

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Brief | 2 June 2020

Dunoon explodes after shacks demolished

Former backyarders torch vehicles

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News | 2 June 2020

Covid-19: Parents protest against schools opening

Some schools in the Western Cape start as the rest of the country expects to return next week

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News | 1 June 2020

Private hospital sends Covid-19 patient to stretched Groote Schuur

Life Vincent Pallotti defends its decision

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News | 1 June 2020

Backyarders fear vandals will delay housing project

Contractors must accept responsibility for securing the site, says City

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News | 1 June 2020

Covid-19: Teachers refuse to return to work after one tests positive

SADTU supports protesters at Enkululekweni Primary School in Cape Town

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Brief | 28 May 2020

SASSA applicants brave cold and rain to queue for help

SASSA says it’s only accepting online applications for the Covid-19 Relief Grant

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News | 26 May 2020

Strandfontein homeless site closes

City says Culemborg site will accommodate 96 of the estimated 180 homeless people now living under the overpass

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Brief | 25 May 2020

Electricity protests after RDP homeowners disconnect informal settlement

“Our electricity boxes trip and only start to work the following day” says RDP homeowner in Mfuleni

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Brief | 22 May 2020

Evictions: When is a shack occupied and when is it not?

The battle to find out which criteria are used by the City of Cape Town

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News | 22 May 2020

150 people use one woman’s toilet

“I feel for her. If it was someone else, they would never accept what we are doing.”

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Brief | 22 May 2020

“I slept outside SASSA for two days with my child” says mom desperate for help

The line outside the offices in Long Street has been snaking for days

Photos by Ashraf Hendricks

News | 21 May 2020

Covid-19: Groote Schuur on the brink

Hospital manager implores doctors to show up for duty

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News | 21 May 2020

Dunoon leaders say they were not consulted on de-densification plans

Provincial government says stakeholder engagement will take place on Thursday

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News | 21 May 2020

Court orders City of Cape Town to leave Obs occupiers alone

Interim interdict can be challenged on 3 June

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Brief | 21 May 2020