City of Cape Town must rebuild homes, demand protesters
Their shacks were demolished because they were built on sewer pipes in need of urgent maintenance
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 7 January 2026
Protesters express solidarity with Palestine Action hunger strikers
“It is a grotesque irony that the law should be used to criminalise opposition to genocide rather than genocide itself,” says South African Jews for a Free Palestine
News | 6 January 2026
Vandals delay urgent Khayelitsha sewerage maintenance
New homes for families living above sewer pipes have been destroyed
By Vincent Lali
News | 6 January 2026
How a cycling group is trying to make Cape Town’s roads safer
Ghost bikes, an initiative that started in the US, honours cyclists who have died
Photo Essay | 19 December 2025
Housing activist group wants to bid for R87-million property
The City of Cape Town has announced that the old Woodstock hospital, which has been occupied by hundreds of people since 2017, will be sold
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 19 December 2025
SA doctor in the firing line for stand on Palestine
Health Professions Council to decide by end of January on inquiry into Tlaleng Mofokeng
By Joan van Dyk
News | 19 December 2025
Thousands of families live on railway reserves without water, electricity or rubbish collection
People have occupied the railway line between Langa and Bonteheuwel train stations since 2019 and at old Philippi depot since 2020
News | 18 December 2025