Ministry confirms no restriction on amount of sewage Cape Town may pump out to sea
Clarity given after City’s claim that it is still limited by historic licence conditions
News | 21 November 2024
800 families share two “illegal” taps
Mfuleni residents have also had to resort to digging holes to bury human waste
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 20 November 2024
Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes
Environment minister has lifted quantity restrictions on the city’s three marine outfalls
News | 18 November 2024
SASSA CEO must resign over social grant failures, say Western Cape MPLs
But ANC members blame the Post Office
News | 15 November 2024
Public Works Minister: Telkom Towers police HQ a “monument to inefficient management”
A billion rand later, the department will either repurpose the complex or get rid of it
Brief | 15 November 2024
Thousands of Khayelitsha families have to use filthy toilets or an open field
Toilets have not been cleaned since early October
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 13 November 2024
In photos: Turner Adams’s tattooed body told more than one story
Former Lavender Hill gangster died on 29 October
Photo Essay | 12 November 2024
Mother of three dies in Cape Town shack fire
Eight shacks burnt down in Marikana informal settlement on the weekend leaving 24 people homeless
Brief | 11 November 2024
Illegal electricity cables “a huge risk” to Cape Town hospital
City promises shack dwellers will get their own electricity
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 11 November 2024