A day in the life of a Cape Town waste collector
Avuyile Masekwane’s job is difficult but she will be sorry when her contract ends
Brief | 14 February 2023
Our hospital can’t cope, say Atlantis residents
Activists want City clinics upgraded and transferred to the province to take pressure off Wesfleur Hospital
News | 14 February 2023
Five years ago 80% of Stellenbosch medical students said they were mistreated. What has changed?
Researchers hope to repeat and expand a study that also found high rates of racial and gender discrimination
News | 13 February 2023
Community blames loadshedding for fire that left 300 people homeless
City says no evidence points to loadshedding as a cause for the blaze but cautions residents to switch off appliances during these times.
Brief | 10 February 2023
“A state of destruction”: Activists gather at SONA to demand an end to rolling blackouts
President Ramaphosa announces state of disaster to deal with energy crisis during his State of the Nation Address this evening
News | 9 February 2023
Rats, cockroaches, rubbish: life in an abandoned apartheid hostel
The 34-roomed dome building has been abandoned for about 20 years and no one has taken responsibility for fixing it
Brief | 9 February 2023
Project from Iceland to tackle drinking and drug use among children in George
Nearly half of 13 and 14-year-olds at one school have been drunk at least once, survey found
By Daniel Steyn
News | 9 February 2023
Man dragged naked from his shack sues City of Cape Town for R1.4m
Launch of campaign to “expose law enforcement brutality”
News | 8 February 2023
Township boxer wants to train “the next Tyson”
But Masiphumelele’s boxing gym has hardly any equipment
Photo Essay | 8 February 2023