Khayelitsha land occupiers describe their desperation
About 230 out of an initial 500 people remain, some having had their shacks demolished three times, and yet new land occupiers keep arriving
By Vincent Lali
News | 16 April 2018
Wallacedene fire victims want electricity restored
Increased hardships and fire risk as shack dwellers wait months for Eskom
By Vincent Lali
News | 13 April 2018
Millions wasted on dodgy Western Cape government security contract
R3 million a month for guards and dogs at Helen Bowden Nurses Home
Feature | 13 April 2018
COSATU pickets Parliament over “deepening crisis in Cape Town”
Union raises similar issues to those raised by Saftu earlier in the day
News | 12 April 2018
Saftu marches against proposed labour laws
Union opposes secret ballot for strikes and national minimum wage amount
News | 12 April 2018
Philippi land occupiers threaten to defy court order
“I have nowhere to go. If they destroy our shacks then I would go and live in the streets with my wife and two children.”
News | 12 April 2018
Hundreds sign petition to deny bail to man accused of murdering lesbian
“This was a hate crime. He lives in the community where the victim resided.”
News | 12 April 2018
Dunoon neighbourhood watch shelter set ablaze
Meanwhile communication breaks down between citizen patrols and police
News | 12 April 2018
Dunoon women choose toilets over businesses
Shipping containers pushed into the road to make way for new toilets
News | 11 April 2018