Homeless: “I never grew up to stand by a robot with a board”

Cape Town organisation feeding nearly three times as many people since 2019

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News | 28 October 2022

Stolen toilets sold to desperate families in Cape Town

At least 42 toilets have been stolen and sold in Dunoon

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News | 27 October 2022

“Bring back the money”: picketers shout at suspended SJC activist outside court

Xolani Klaas is accused of using SJC funds to buy personal items like furniture and a laptop

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Brief | 27 October 2022

“Government has forgotten the July unrest. You can’t have millions of people going hungry.”

Civil society groups respond to Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement

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News | 27 October 2022

Trouble in Paradise Park: the seven-year battle to keep eviction at bay

“I would not have invested my money here if somebody told me the truth,” says Hermanus home owner

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Feature | 27 October 2022

City of Cape Town’s new transport plan ditches big legacy projects

Plan to lower the cost of public transport and the time spent commuting

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News | 26 October 2022

Khayelitsha lesbian murder trial set for January

The case has been postponed at least 11 times since May 2022

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Brief | 26 October 2022

“This place is full of rats” says homeless man from District Six

Group of about 100 people recently won a court case against the City of Cape Town

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News | 25 October 2022

In it to win it – Joe Slovo learners head to world robotics championship

“Robo47” designed at Sinenjongo High School can pick up a ball and throw it

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News | 25 October 2022

More than 100 families at Paradise Park in Hermanus to be evicted, as judge dismisses appeal application

Stern words from the judge as a seven-year resistance to eviction appears to come to an end

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Law | 24 October 2022

Yoliswa Dwane, co-founder of Equal Education, has died

Under her leadership the organisation ran widely acclaimed campaigns to improve school infrastructure and install libraries in township schools

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Obituary | 21 October 2022

Cape Town Refugee Reception Centre finally takes shape

After a court battle lasting ten years, the new centre is set to open next year

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News | 20 October 2022

Delft households without electricity for weeks at a time

Families blame illegal connections from nearby settlement

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Brief | 20 October 2022

Flying a kite for mental health in Manenberg

Hundreds of children, parents and caregivers enjoyed Wednesday’s event

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News | 20 October 2022

Car washers at some shopping malls pay a fee to work

Companies say this covers the cost of high rents, cleaning products and training

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News | 19 October 2022

Loop: New online platform for minibus taxis launched in Cape Town

Taxi drivers and clients can connect during the day safely and more seamlessly

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Brief | 18 October 2022