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
Covid-19: People seek shelter at church after City demolishes shacks in Khayelitsha
Residents say they are unable to rebuild their shacks and unable to return to their former backyards
By Vincent Lali
News | 15 April 2020
Covid-19: Roads blocked, rocks thrown during food protest in Cape Town
“We’re not going to die from the coronavirus, but we will die of hunger”
News | 14 April 2020
Covid-19: The Strandfontein Relocation Camp is a test of our morality as a city
Thousands of Capetonians object to the way the City is treating homeless people during the lockdown
Opinion | 14 April 2020
Covid-19: Lockdown threatens women farm workers’ access to food
“We are going to starve” says seasonal worker in De Doorns
Opinion | 14 April 2020