Protesters blocking major Cape Town road want to extend their shacks
Residents say large families are cramped into small shacks at Zamimpilo informal settlement in Khayelitsha. But the City says they are unlawfully occupying land that is earmarked for development.
News | 19 May 2022
Makhaza might wait another four years for promised police station
Bheki Cele’s 2018 promise will not be kept until 2025-6
Brief | 18 May 2022
Mbalula tears into PRASA management
“Our biggest problem is management negligence”, minister says
News | 16 May 2022
“I stood there watching the blaze kill my family”
Relative describes her helplessness as five people die in Khayelitsha fire
Brief | 16 May 2022
It’s been 15 months since the Cape High Court reserved judgment in this “emergency” housing case
The Office of the Chief Justice and Judge President John Hlophe are silent on why Acting Judge Bernard Martin has taken so long to hand down his ruling
By Liezl Human
Law | 16 May 2022
Minister promises land to people living on railway track
Fikile Mbalula tells community leaders he’ll be back in two weeks to show them the land
Brief | 14 May 2022
New delay in lesbian murder case as Khayelitsha court runs out of paper
Family of Phelokazi Mqathanya losing hope after multiple postponements
News | 12 May 2022
Lansdowne train station is full of excrement, garbage - and rats
Subway is too filthy to use, so commuters cross over the railway lines
News | 12 May 2022
Diarrhoea cases in children surge in Cape Town
This spike comes after several years of improvement. A public health expert is worried that sewage spills might be the cause
Feature | 6 May 2022