Court rules that allocation of police in Western Cape is discriminatory
Victory for Social Justice Coalition may result in poorer areas getting more officers
By Thembela Ntongana and GroundUp Staff
Brief | 14 December 2018
The daily struggle of living in a wheelchair in a shack
“The simplest things, like brushing your teeth, require work”
News | 14 December 2018
New social grant for families
Deadline approaches for key amendments to foster care grants
By Kim Reynolds
News | 14 December 2018
Backyarders complain of City’s incomplete toilet installation
“What’s the use – they give a toilet but it doesn’t work,” says Parkwood resident
News | 14 December 2018
City gives green light to Salt River social housing project
Development would set a precedent for social housing near Cape Town’s city centre
By Aidan Jones
News | 14 December 2018
Slight improvement in backlog at Western Cape High Court
But 16 judgments have been outstanding for at least six months
By Kim Reynolds
Law | 13 December 2018
More than half the plots earmarked for backyarders in Cape Town’s southern suburbs are on wetlands
Residents sceptical at briefing by project managers
News | 12 December 2018
We hope it won’t just be a decoration, says resident as temporary Nyanga police station opened
Minister silent on permanent station promised for 2023
News | 12 December 2018
Shack dwellers lose their Christmas savings in Khayelitsha fire
Cash, documents, clothes and furniture destroyed and over 100 people left homeless
By Vincent Lali
News | 11 December 2018