Government
Elections 2021: Plettenberg Bay has had no functioning council for months
For how long the Bitou municipality can function with a hung council remains to be seen
Feature | 17 September 2021
There have been nearly 1,200 shack fires in Cape Town this year, claiming over 80 lives
The City used to provide kits swiftly for fire victims but the end of a grant means that SASSA has taken this over, and help comes much slower
By Vincent Lali
News | 16 September 2021
Desperate pensioners build their own clinic, but Eastern Cape health department can’t supply nurses
Department blames bad roads for failure to keep promise to send nurses
Feature | 16 September 2021
Judge refers “blatantly dishonest” advocate for disciplinary action
And he questions why Minister of Justice has not promulgated law that would punish misbehaving lawyers
Law | 15 September 2021
Users must check if a taxi is safe, insists Transport MEC after crash at Parliament
Taxi in which several children were injured was overloaded, unroadworthy and unlicensed, and the driver had no licence either
News | 8 September 2021
Cape Town’s emergency housing programme is unconstitutional, says court
Judge tells City to find housing in the inner city for Bromwell Street families
News | 7 September 2021
City of Cape Town defends its demolition of Green Point tent camp in court
Ndifuna Ukwazi says City by-laws cannot be allowed to trump constitutional rights
News | 6 September 2021
Judge scolds Ekurhuleni municipality for trying to dodge court order
Municipality has tried to back out of settlement to buy unlawfully occupied buildings
Law | 30 August 2021
6,000 people sign petition demanding City of Cape Town comes clean on water quality
Three vleis are still closed to the public because of sewage spills
By Liezl Human
News | 26 August 2021