Parliament sued for letting corrupt MPs off the hook

#UniteBehind argues that changes to Parliament’s code of conduct allow MPs implicated in state capture to evade accountability

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News | 12 August 2025

Outcry over cuts to Cape Town’s Dial-a-Ride service

From 8 September the service will only be available for wheelchair users and people with severe walking impairments

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News | 12 August 2025

Karoo Donkey Sanctuary finds a new home

A 500-hectare farm has been purchased

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Brief | 12 August 2025

Philippi library closed indefinitely

The Brown’s Farm library was closed after it was vandalised and looted in August 2023 during a taxi strike

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Brief | 11 August 2025

Crèches battle complicated registration process

More than half of Cape Town’s Early Childhood Development centres are unregistered

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Brief | 11 August 2025

Protest outside US Consulate in Cape Town as Israel moves to take over Gaza City

Activists call for America to stop supporting Israel’s war in Gaza

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Brief | 8 August 2025

Former rail line occupiers demand electricity

Protesters blocked the R300 in Cape Town on Thursday

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Brief | 8 August 2025

Cape Union Mart and pro-Palestine activists gear up for court battle

Company owner Philip Krawitz denies funding Israel’s army

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News | 8 August 2025

Sick of waiting, Khayelitsha informal settlements demand electrification

Community activists want the City and Eskom to form a comprehensive team to electrify almost a dozen settlements

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Brief | 7 August 2025

Holocaust Centre urged to recognise genocide in Gaza

Centre director alarmed by humanitarian situation, but says “the designation of genocide is a legal matter”

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Brief | 31 July 2025

Blue Downs residents clash with police

Two men have been arrested for public violence

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Brief | 29 July 2025

Lifeline for penguins opens in Cape Town

A new seabird nursery at SANCCOB will incubate eggs and rear orphaned and abandoned chicks

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Brief | 28 July 2025

Social housing and the future of Cape Town’s inner-city

Affordable housing in the inner city is no longer a dream, says MEC

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Opinion | 27 July 2025

Artscape social housing development moves ahead

1,476 social housing units planned at 16-storey development

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Brief | 25 July 2025

Cape Town protesters bang pots against Israel’s use of food as a weapon

Over 100 people have starved to death in Gaza

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Brief | 24 July 2025