800 families share two “illegal” taps

Mfuleni residents have also had to resort to digging holes to bury human waste

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Brief | 20 November 2024

Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes

Environment minister has lifted quantity restrictions on the city’s three marine outfalls

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News | 18 November 2024

SASSA CEO must resign over social grant failures, say Western Cape MPLs

But ANC members blame the Post Office

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News | 15 November 2024

Public Works Minister: Telkom Towers police HQ a “monument to inefficient management”

A billion rand later, the department will either repurpose the complex or get rid of it

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Brief | 15 November 2024

Thousands of Khayelitsha families have to use filthy toilets or an open field

Toilets have not been cleaned since early October

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Brief | 13 November 2024

In photos: Turner Adams’s tattooed body told more than one story

Former Lavender Hill gangster died on 29 October

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Photo Essay | 12 November 2024

Mother of three dies in Cape Town shack fire

Eight shacks burnt down in Marikana informal settlement on the weekend leaving 24 people homeless

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Brief | 11 November 2024

Illegal electricity cables “a huge risk” to Cape Town hospital

City promises shack dwellers will get their own electricity

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Brief | 11 November 2024

Taxi driver died of “blunt force trauma”, says police watchdog

Luvuyo Vimba died after a clash with police

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Brief | 7 November 2024