“Politicians come and make promises that are never fulfilled” says Oudtshoorn resident
The municipality says there are plans to improve the nearly 20-year-old settlements
By Mpumi Kiva
News | 20 April 2020
Covid-19: How a woman copes without a toilet or water
“I make my kids stay in my yard or lie in bed throughout the day”
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 April 2020
Tribunal slams province and City over River Club developments
Government accused of political posturing in support of a private developer rather than working with Heritage Western Cape
News | 18 April 2020
Covid-19: Leather business in Oudtshoorn takes strain as tourism plummets
Cheslyn Wagenaar makes belts and sandals at his RDP home with offcuts of crocodile and ostrich skins
By Mpumi Kiva
Brief | 18 April 2020
Shack dwellers win court victory against City of Cape Town
Empolweni residents whose shacks were demolished during the lockdown can return to the land and rebuild
By James Stent
Brief | 17 April 2020
Covid-19: Why court allowed father to travel between provinces to bring children home
Judge explains reasons for ruling
Law | 17 April 2020
Covid-19: Civil society left to feed thousands of children on Cape Flats
Civil society network feeding more than 1,300 children in Lavender Hill and surrounds
Text by Steve Kretzmann. Photos by Brenton Geach.
Feature | 17 April 2020
Covid-19: Safety ramped up at Ceres fruit packhouse as employee tests positive
Rush to screen workers from Nduli in Ceres where first case was logged this week
By Liezl Human
News | 16 April 2020
Covid-19: Four people have tested positive in Dunoon, says councillor
But life in the streets goes on as usual
News | 15 April 2020