South Africa|Western Cape

Building collapses in George - 3 dead and 51 missing

The long battle of 300 families for toilets and taps

The land they live on in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, has been earmarked for a hospital

In photos: First Thursday in Mitchells Plain

To help turn Mitchells Plain into a tourist spot, RLabs have created a number of experiences under the “Westridge Tourism Precinct Project”

President tells ministers to set up task team on use of public land for housing

The State Land Disposal Act allows the President to fast track the use of public land

President Ramaphosa calls for end to farm evictions

Thousands participate in Cape Town Workers’ Day rally

Children run a gauntlet of muggings and traffic on the way to school

Pedestrian bridges across major Cape Town freeway are favourite haunts for criminals

Equal Education takes education department to court over unplaced learners

EE says learners’ constitutional rights have been infringed

Philippi gangsters say they’ll only stop killing if government pays them

Two security guards escorting City workers were shot dead last week because protection is their business, say extortionists

Housing activists confront Western Cape Premier at coffee shop

Campaigners want government car parks developed for affordable inner city housing