Transport minister dreams of bullet trains … but commuters want Metrorail to work now
Civil society and commuter groups tell Fikile Mbalula their demands
News | 26 June 2019
Three children rebuild their shack – again
City of Cape Town says only unoccupied shacks were demolished, but residents disagree
News | 26 June 2019
Minister abandons commuters on train
After severe delays on Metrorail, transport minister Fikile Mbalula went back to his sirens and “blue light brigade”
News | 25 June 2019
Pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals found in fish caught off Cape Town’s coast
City’s waste is ending up in its fish
News | 25 June 2019
Marikana informal settlement erupts in protests
Vehicles torched and shack dwellers tear-gassed as Philippi East residents demand services from the City of Cape Town
By Velani Ludidi and Tariro Washinyira
News | 24 June 2019
GROUNDVIEW: Julius Malema’s attack on the judiciary is self-serving
Our courts are not without problems but they have done as much as any arm of the state to realise the Bill of Rights
GroundView | 24 June 2019
Investigation into Esethu Mcinjana arrest “almost finalised” say police
A month later, police have not yet returned Mcinjana’s house keys to her
Brief | 24 June 2019
Cape Town storm pics: informal settlements hard hit by high winds
“The house was shaking and if I slept I knew I would be putting my life in danger”
Photo Essay | 23 June 2019
Hard work and little pay: pushing heavily-laden trolleys while dodging traffic
Competition is stiff between the men who push trolleys for vendors in the Cape Town city centre
Text by Tariro Washinyira. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 21 June 2019