Elections 2026: Affordable housing – has the City of Cape Town done enough?
The City’s plans for 28,400 affordable homes may pay off but it won’t be soon
By Matthew Hirsch, Alice Scott and Daniel Steyn
Analysis | 14 October 2026
Protesters demand end to power cuts and sewage spills
Sewage from broken drains sticks to the fingers of wheelchair users, says protester
By Vincent Lali
News | 14 October 2026
SASSA pensioner builds her own house faster than the government
Government has left scores of houses for Eastern Cape storm victims incomplete
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
News | 14 October 2026
PRASA: Mbalula to face the music in Parliament
Court rules ethics committee must consider complaints by #UniteBehind
News | 13 October 2026
#UniteBehind demands prosecutions over R3.5-billion ‘too-tall trains’
Activists ask NPA, the Hawks and SIU to investigate the decade-old Swifambo contract as an organised criminal enterprise
By Liezl Human
News | 13 October 2026
We found flaws in Gauteng’s panic button app. The province set the cops on us
The Gauteng Department of e-Government waited two weeks before reporting security flaws to the Information Regulator
By Joel Cedras
News | 13 October 2026
Western Cape schools to teach maths in isiXhosa from next year
Nearly 3,500 teachers trained in Bala Wande programme
Brief | 13 October 2026
Six years later Eastern Cape storm victims still without houses
Some found their names were never on the beneficiary list
News | 13 October 2026
Eastern Cape villagers wait years for road project
A road connecting Ngqeleni to Canzibe near Mthatha is treacherous
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
News | 13 October 2026
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