Covid-19: George residents thankful for its many soup kitchens

About 80 feeding schemes are operating during the lockdown, many from people’s backyards

By

Brief | 7 April 2020

Family facing eviction rejects municipality’s Wendy house

Court document shows that house was supposed to be “a standard two bedroom brick and mortar structure with indoor sanitation facilities”

By

News | 6 April 2020

After the storm: protesting refugees settle in to marquee life

No city, province, or national officials at site

Text by . Photos by .

News | 3 April 2020

Covid-19: Cramped Hanover Park residents struggle to “social distance”

Without a source of income for many, the lockdown could have dire consequences

By

Video | 3 April 2020

Police end five-month long occupation of Cape Town church

Protesting refugees moved to Bellville site

By

News | 2 April 2020

Covid-19: Police close shop because owner could not colour print trading permit

“Where am I supposed to find a place to print it when all the internet stores are closed?”

By

Brief | 2 April 2020

Man blinded by rubber bullet during 2018 protest still waiting for action from IPID

Sivuyisiwe Dyani lost his sight during a protest in Hermanus

By

News | 2 April 2020

Covid-19: 280 extra places for Cape Town’s homeless

Culemborg shelter expanded, but still not enough

By

News | 2 April 2020

Go-ahead for mining on ten West Coast beaches

Environment minister rejects most of the appeals against Tormin expansion plans

By

News | 1 April 2020

Covid-19: Are agricultural workers being protected?

Labour Department warns companies to comply or face closure

By

News | 1 April 2020

Covid-19: A busker without an audience

Lockdown has hit informal sector workers hard

By

Video | 1 April 2020

Covid-19: “We can’t stay inside when we have no toilets”

Lockdown meaningless in Dunoon informal settlements

By

News | 31 March 2020

Covid-19: “People thought it was a normal holiday” says Boland community activist

Daily challenges, such as access to water, just got bigger in rural Western Cape

By

News | 31 March 2020

Covid-19: Police arrest shopkeeper for trading without a permit

Shop was selling food and is exempt under disaster regulations

By

Brief | 31 March 2020

Covid-19: Homeless people in Muizenberg are afraid and anxious

“No one has talked to us about the virus. We don’t know what it can do to us. All we know is that you must wash your hands.”

By

Brief | 27 March 2020

In photos: Day one of lockdown

Soldiers and police patrol streets asking residents to stay at home

By and

Photo Essay | 27 March 2020