Cape Town storm pics: informal settlements hard hit by high winds
“The house was shaking and if I slept I knew I would be putting my life in danger”
Photo Essay | 23 June 2019
Hard work and little pay: pushing heavily-laden trolleys while dodging traffic
Competition is stiff between the men who push trolleys for vendors in the Cape Town city centre
Text by Tariro Washinyira. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 21 June 2019
Judge says roadside May family are “authors of their own fate”
Courts make inhumane decisions based on legal facts and are not in touch with our people on the ground, says farm workers’ rights organiser
News | 21 June 2019
Mother can’t afford to bury her son, found dead days after police arrested him
“There is no evidence that his death was due to police action” says IPID
By Vincent Lali
News | 21 June 2019
Court ruling will legalise dependents of asylum seekers
Scalabrini Centre hails court order as life-changing for refugees
Brief | 20 June 2019
Students march to NSFAS offices with list of complaints
But administrator says the student fee scheme is working much better now
News | 19 June 2019
The Cape’s plants are dying out – and local authorities need citizens’ help
Study shows 40 species have gone extinct since 1900
By Sarah Wild
News | 19 June 2019
Heritage body pushes Woodstock developers back
Plans for luxury apartment block put on hold
News | 18 June 2019
Hermanus evictions: hearing postponed
Community leader denies municipality’s claim that some households earn R17,000
News | 18 June 2019