Broken toilets are a big problem across Cape Town’s townships
In a Khayelitsha neighbourhood, it’s so bad that instead of using the City-supplied toilets, people are defecating in buckets and throwing the waste in a field
News | 27 June 2022
Man accused of sexual predation loses defamation case
Court found that report to police accusing the man was not done in bad faith
Law | 27 June 2022
Two years later: Over a thousand crèches still not paid Covid relief funds
“We are now in 2022 and not even 60% have been paid” says ECD principal
News | 24 June 2022
Taxi drivers refuse to go to dangerous Cape Town township
“Community members and safety forums in Philippi must stand up and demand more police visibility” says taxi association
News | 24 June 2022
Social movement rocked by corruption allegations
Leader of Social Justice Coalition fails to explain expenditure on what appear to be personal items
By James Stent
News | 23 June 2022
Video: How an organisation is giving Cape Flats children balls not guns
On average three children are killed in South Africa every day, according to UNICEF South Africa.
By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human
Video | 23 June 2022
Marikana families remain in the dark five years after landmark ruling
City of Cape Town says its still in the process of buying the parcels of land where about 40,000 people live in Philippi East
News | 23 June 2022
Cape Town teacher gets five years for sexually assaulting a learner
Ayanda Ntuthu’s name will be added to the National Register of Sex Offenders
News | 21 June 2022
Police clash with occupiers of Cape Town nature reserve
Residents of Covid informal settlement want CapeNature to help them find new land, but CapeNature says it is not their responsibility
News | 21 June 2022