Mobile showers for homeless people: “mother of water” bus launched
“I just cried underneath the water,” says homeless woman after first hot shower in ages
News | 26 August 2022
Court’s message in Llandudno case: Don’t take matters into your own hands
Landlord’s conduct “reeks of a pattern of attempts to circumvent” the law says judge
Law | 26 August 2022
Cape Town is letting the flowers grow
Decision not to mow in some city parks is an important boost for biodiversity
By Peta Brom
Science | 26 August 2022
Iconic women’s housing project of the 1990s, today awash in sewage
Residents of Victoria Mxenge Housing Development have taken the City of Cape Town to the Ombudsman after three years of overflowing sewers
News | 22 August 2022
Uber, Bolt drivers strike for two days
Drivers want more money and an end to the freeze on new licences
By Liezl Human
News | 18 August 2022
Families forcibly removed from Maitland 80 years ago still can’t use their land
Ndabeni Communal Property Trust concluded a settlement agreement for the 54.8-hectares
News | 18 August 2022
Traders at the historic Salt River Market will be excluded from new City development
“This is our livelihood, my bread and butter” says trader
News | 17 August 2022
Mining affected communities protest outside Parliament
Activists demand mines develop and help the communities that host them
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 16 August 2022
Disorganised SASSA leaves disabled grant recipients standing in the rain
Khayelitsha chaos continues, but there is hope: from 1 September SASSA services will also be offered at the City of Cape Town’s Kuyasa office.
By Liezl Human
News | 16 August 2022