City asks court to order national government to compensate land owners
Human Settlements lawyer says that granting the court application by Marikana residents would have “dire and far reaching consequences”
News | 14 February 2017
Crossroads parents shut down school
“We are fed up .. with the bad condition of the school”
News | 14 February 2017
Maggots in baby’s mouth as uncollected garbage piles up
A dispute over refuse removal services in early December has left the informal settlement of Europe near Nyanga with growing mounds of rubbish
News | 13 February 2017
Marikana lawyer calls for state to expropriate land
SAPS lawyer says it isn’t possible to arrest the informal settlement’s 60,000 residents
News | 12 February 2017
Cape Town rapper Jitsvinger to tour Netherlands
South African Road Trip: Celebrating Life uses music, dance, poetry and video to show the diversity of life in the Cape
News | 10 February 2017
In photos: protests at State of Nation Address 2017
Despite violence inside Parliament, outside was mostly peaceful
Photo Essay | 10 February 2017
Marikana case: Home owner in informal settlement asks City to buy her property
“She went from being a property owner to living at the middle of an informal settlement. … This is her primary residence.”
News | 9 February 2017
Landmark Marikana case begins: 60,000 people’s homes at stake
City asked to buy or expropriate land occupied in Philippi East
News | 8 February 2017
Rhodes statue in silicosis protest
Mines must pay compensation to sick miners, say activists
News | 8 February 2017