Hope for solar geyser company dependent on government contracts
But workers haven’t been paid for months and are upset by the company’s labour practices
News | 28 June 2018
Charges dismissed against three men accused of murdering Zanele Sandlana
Magistrate’s decision greeted with tears by protesters
News | 27 June 2018
De Lille and protesters in tense stand-off
Vrygrond residents furious that the mayor addressed media before them, while she accused the community’s leadership of rejecting all the City’s proposals
News | 26 June 2018
Officials don’t understand how much I struggle to survive, says land occupier
Shacks demolished on state-owned land in Khayelitsha
By Vincent Lali
News | 26 June 2018
Lesbian murder trial to start in Strand
Activists are demanding that the state explain why the accused is not in jail
Brief | 26 June 2018
Battle for Bo-Kaap’s future
Residents are protesting against gentrification but a heritage consultant is sceptical of “nostalgia of an imagined past”
Text by Aidan Jones. Photos by Barry Christianson.
Feature | 26 June 2018
Occupiers take over Old Mutual property
Company says the flats and surrounding land were earmarked for a low-cost housing project
News | 22 June 2018
Shacks flooded after week of Cape rains
Dam levels are rising and Day Zero in 2019 is unlikely, but for hundreds of thousands of people, the rains bring hardship
Photo Essay | 22 June 2018
Community confused why they don’t have electricity while their neighbours do
In the meanwhile, residents of RR Section in Khayelitsha use illegal connections
News | 21 June 2018