110 families in Mfuleni have no taps, toilets, electricity or even rubbish bin bags
“Government never told us where we should live after we had to move out”
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 September 2018
Residents of informal settlement in Philippi demand electrification
City of Cape Town says permission must be obtained from PRASA, which owns the land the settlement is on
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 17 September 2018
Homeless people face an uphill battle to get disability grants
“They seldom have an ID and cannot provide proof of residence”
By Sophia Wilhelm and Tariro Washinyira
News | 14 September 2018
Guitar duo serenades Cape Town’s commuters
Thabani Dube from Durban and Jose Monteiro Nungidi from DRC met on a train and are now doing what they love for a living
News | 14 September 2018
Home Affairs taking nine months to process permits for Zimbabweans
Some Zimbabweans who applied last year are still waiting as September deadline looms for ZEP permits
News | 14 September 2018
Zwelitsha shack-dwellers are building their own toilets and roads
Settlement not a priority, says City of Cape Town
By Vincent Lali
Feature | 14 September 2018
Metrorail activists call for national disaster to be declared
The very contemplation of a train journey strikes fear into passengers’ hearts, says #UniteBehind
News | 13 September 2018
Did Cape Town lose millions on Foreshore land sale?
City appears to have sold property to Growthpoint for R1,880 instead of R5,000 per square metre of possible floor space
News | 13 September 2018
Stacy Ganger, 12, died in gang crossfire in 2016. More than two years later, no-one has been arrested.
Bishop Lavis residents demand better policing
News | 12 September 2018