Cigarettes and dagga on Metrorail trains

Officially, all trains are non-smoking, but …

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Brief | 6 December 2017

Drought: Has Cape Town planned properly for Day Zero?

There are several unanswered questions

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Analysis | 6 December 2017

Rape survivors deserve privacy in court, says Rape Crisis

Call for Khayelitsha to have a special sexual offences court

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News | 5 December 2017

What happens when people in state housing cannot pay the rent?

A look at what happened at Steenvilla, Cape Town’s largest social housing complex

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Feature | 5 December 2017

Failure of commuter rail is a crime against urban poor

“I am appealing to employers to empathise with staff who rely on rail to get to work”

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Opinion | 4 December 2017

City promises Mfuleni shack dwellers toilets and electricity in 2018

45 families in Ligwa beg to use neighbours’ toilets

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News | 1 December 2017

Police say crime, not its policies, affect the poor

Judge quotes constitution to police: it’s their duty to prevent, combat and investigate crime

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Law | 1 December 2017

Activists hold mock trial of Zuma

While there was much laughter, Brett Herron’s testimony was haunting

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News | 30 November 2017

Man electrocuted as city councillor takes the train

Commuter was travelling on the roof of overcrowded train

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Brief | 30 November 2017

Court finds PRASA responsible for commuter’s injuries

Masibulele Rautini was pushed out of an open carriage door

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News | 30 November 2017

Policing system discriminates against black women, court told

Police claim to favour poor communities, but judge says results paint a different picture

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Law | 30 November 2017

Call for Parliament to remove Deputy Finance Minister Sfiso Buthelezi

UniteBehind publishes report on #PRASALeaks

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News | 29 November 2017

Property developers booted off Obz Civic Association

“The attempted ‘hijacking’ of the civic body has actually energised the community in a way that we haven’t seen for years.”

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News | 29 November 2017

Court hears black communities get inferior police services

Civil society organisations want a declaration that the allocation of officers in the Western Cape is discriminatory

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Law | 29 November 2017

Developers accused of hijacking Obz civic association

Legal action threatened following attempt to hold new elections

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News | 28 November 2017

Security guards do nothing as Metrorail commuters robbed

Guards had batons, while robbers had firearms

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Brief | 27 November 2017