South Africa|Western Cape

Families live in limbo on Cape Town’s railway lines

PRASA has been mum for months about relocation plans

Presumed guilty! Years in prison awaiting trial

Goodwood prison massively overcrowded, judge’s report finds

Flower farm keeps Constantia’s coloured heritage alive

Jaftha brothers help heal a history of land dispossession

Alarming increase in attacks on social workers

“It was a calling for me, but the calling didn’t include me being in danger”

Langa families were moved to a “temporary” area in 2002. They are still there

Their living conditions are dire

In photos: Aftermath of Silvermine fire

In photos: Wildfire scorches Cape Town’s Silvermine reserve

An injured firefighter has been hospitalised and about 198 homes have been evacuated

Parliament accuses activists of abusing court process

#UniteBehind is challenging the constitutionality of Parliament’s new Code of Conduct

No identity eight years after submitting DNA evidence

Home Affairs incompetence leaves young woman stateless for decades