Metrorail’s own stats show how bad its service is
On some lines, half the scheduled trains don’t run at all
By Suné Payne and Tariro Washinyira
News | 7 December 2017
Cape Town’s sluggish judges
One judge has six judgments outstanding for more than a year
Law | 7 December 2017
Cigarettes and dagga on Metrorail trains
Officially, all trains are non-smoking, but …
Brief | 6 December 2017
Drought: Has Cape Town planned properly for Day Zero?
There are several unanswered questions
By Aidan Jones and Nathan Geffen
Analysis | 6 December 2017
Rape survivors deserve privacy in court, says Rape Crisis
Call for Khayelitsha to have a special sexual offences court
News | 5 December 2017
What happens when people in state housing cannot pay the rent?
A look at what happened at Steenvilla, Cape Town’s largest social housing complex
By Shaun Swingler and Maxwell Roeland
Feature | 5 December 2017
Failure of commuter rail is a crime against urban poor
“I am appealing to employers to empathise with staff who rely on rail to get to work”
By Brett Herron
Opinion | 4 December 2017
City promises Mfuleni shack dwellers toilets and electricity in 2018
45 families in Ligwa beg to use neighbours’ toilets
By Vincent Lali
News | 1 December 2017
Police say crime, not its policies, affect the poor
Judge quotes constitution to police: it’s their duty to prevent, combat and investigate crime
Law | 1 December 2017