“I slept outside SASSA for two days with my child” says mom desperate for help

The line outside the offices in Long Street has been snaking for days

Photos by Ashraf Hendricks

News | 21 May 2020

Covid-19: Groote Schuur on the brink

Hospital manager implores doctors to show up for duty

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News | 21 May 2020

Dunoon leaders say they were not consulted on de-densification plans

Provincial government says stakeholder engagement will take place on Thursday

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News | 21 May 2020

Court orders City of Cape Town to leave Obs occupiers alone

Interim interdict can be challenged on 3 June

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Brief | 21 May 2020

“There can be no justification for torture, ever” – top brass tell police

Police who refuse to comply with internal directive may be held personally liable

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News | 21 May 2020

Arcadia Place: City of Cape Town moves against occupiers

Several fines and one arrest

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News | 20 May 2020

Court victory for “invisible, undocumented children”

Fathers to be able to register the births of their children without the mother being present or giving consent

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Law | 20 May 2020

Covid-19: Durban workers without pay as company fails to declare them with UIF

Over R14 billion paid to about 2.5 million workers during lockdown, says labour department

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News | 20 May 2020

Patients at Mfuleni Day Hospital get medication through the fence

“I thought they were joking” says patient

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Brief | 20 May 2020

School children sell cigarettes to help parents make ends meet

“Selling cigarettes helps buy food for my family,” says 12-year-old

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News | 20 May 2020

Protesters bring road project to a halt in KwaNobuhle

They believe unemployed youths from their ward are being sidelined

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Brief | 20 May 2020

Covid-19: Making sense of “R”

It’s a useful but much misunderstood concept for explaining the course of the epidemic

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Science | 19 May 2020

Covid-19: Sanitation is a struggle in Kleinbegin in the winelands

People in Tulbagh informal settlement demand water tanks

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News | 19 May 2020

Water tanks run dry in Motherwell informal settlements

“Residents spend time in long queues waiting to fetch water” says community leader

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Brief | 19 May 2020