Vendors have mixed reactions to Grand Parade upgrade
The City says upgrade will start in February and will cost more than R5 million
News | 27 November 2018
Born in South Africa but not a citizen
Ghanaian matric student desperate for ID to get to university in 2019
News | 26 November 2018
Malmesbury residents march against high utility bills
“Two weeks before my husband gets paid, we have no food in the house.”
News | 23 November 2018
Bridgetown man makes robots from scrap
I’ve always been good with my hands, says “Robot Man”
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 23 November 2018
“Mr Plato, we live in complete squalor”
Residents of Cape Town’s informal settlements march for the right to water and sanitation
News | 22 November 2018
Khayelitsha shack dwellers move onto vacant land to keep out “thugs”
Residents say fires which destroyed their homes started on the vacant land
By Vincent Lali
News | 22 November 2018
Residents oppose Conradie Hospital housing plan
The site, which has stood empty for 16 years, is a battleground over the future of state subsidised housing in Cape Town
By Kelly Vinett
News | 22 November 2018
No services - but it’s better than a backyard, say shack dwellers
“It was a constant struggle to pay rent”
News | 22 November 2018
Bo-Kaap residents claim victory as construction crane leaves
Charges dropped against the four protesters arrested in earlier protest
Brief | 21 November 2018