Making a living selling smileys
Nombulelo Mtibe eeks out a living selling smileys. And no, a smiley is not an emoticon on your phone!
Pharie Sefali
News | 3 November 2014
Domestic row blamed for fire that leaves 160 homeless
Residents of Europe informal settlement near NY 108 Cemetery in Gugulethu have begun rebuilding their shacks after they were gutted by a blazing inferno on Friday evening.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 3 November 2014
Cape Town’s popular public swimming pools: a joy for all but not equally spread
Summer is here and people in Cape Town have begun enjoying swimming pools, either their own or one of the city's public pools. But how evenly spread are the city's pools?
Lea Bork
News | 3 November 2014
How magistrates and local government are failing to uphold the Constitution
The Constitution and legislation protect vulnerable people from being evicted into homelessness. But for 14 shack-dwellers in Walmer Estate this is exactly what is happening, writes Daneel Knoetze.
Daneel Knoetze
Analysis | 3 November 2014
Clarifying the COSATU confusion
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. I tender this classic apology on behalf of many of my fellow journalists who have recently misled the public about the situation regarding the National Union of Metalworkers (Numsa) and the Cosatu federation.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 3 November 2014
Students demand an end to unequal education
“In my school we have two main problems. The first one is a lack of water. Our taps are not working properly,” said Phila Biyongo, a grade 9 student at Simanyene High School in Strand, as she marched through Cape Town city centre yesterday afternoon in a protest organised by Equal Education.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 1 November 2014
Home affairs tells asylum-seeking married couple to remarry
Christine Ntumba is an asylum seeker from the DRC. And she’s in a desperate situation. Her baby, Aradi, is sick and cannot get the medical attention he needs because Christine cannot obtain vital documents because of bureaucratic hurdles.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 31 October 2014
Independent moves against Tony Weaver
Cape Times opinion page editor and veteran journalist Tony Weaver has been called before a disciplinary hearing after questioning a suggestion to crop out the logo of an advertiser from a news photo of a mall robbery.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 31 October 2014
Pregnant girls must be allowed in class
In my school when a girl falls pregnant, her parents are called in and the girl is kicked out of classes. She is only allowed to return after she gives birth.
Sisipho Xhaxha
Opinion | 30 October 2014