Government
“Our people don’t live in speed humps,” Kariega residents tell municipality
Meeting told about water leaks, broken houses and dirty streets
Brief | 20 April 2021
“We’re forgotten here”: rubbish is piling up in the little settlement of Riemvasmaak
City of Cape Town says refuse is collected weekly
News | 20 April 2021
Villagers march to Makhado to demand services and job opportunities
Mayor acknowledges that there are service challenges
Brief | 16 April 2021
Dire Road Accident Fund situation is close to constitutional crisis, warn judges
Fund is facing imminent implosion, the consequences of which will be disastrous
Law | 12 April 2021
Report shows dangerous levels of pollution in Cape Town’s rivers, vleis and estuaries
Quality of water bodies has declined over 40 years
Science | 9 April 2021
SAMWU members protest in Kouga in support of suspended shop stewards
Suspension followed strike over Covid-19 allowance
Brief | 8 April 2021
New “R4 million” taxi rank is useless, say taxi drivers
Tsomo taxi rank, which has been ready for two years, is too small for taxis to turn in, they say
Brief | 8 April 2021
Municipalities are creating arbitrary requirements for “permission” to protest
Gatekeeping officials are stopping people from exercising a constitutional right
Opinion | 7 April 2021
Cape Town’s Anti-Land Invasion Unit is unlawful, argues SAHRC
Demolition of structures and removal of land occupiers without a court order is unconstitutional, says advocate
By Liezl Human
Law | 1 April 2021