During the Khayelitsha Commission, community witnesses, academics and police officers related stories of appalling violence, particularly sexual violence. The picture painted is in danger of creating the impression that Khayelitsha is bad, that something is wrong with the community, that it is unsalvageable.
Adam Armstrong
Opinion | 14 March 2014
At a rally in Mfuleni on Thursday 13 March, residents booed local leaders of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). They said they had been promised EFF leader Julius Malema would address them.
Pharie Sefali
News | 14 March 2014
On Tuesday 11 March, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) officially launched their 2014 report on water and sanitation. But the Department of Water Affairs has called the report “outdated, baseless and misleading”.
Martha Sithole and Jacques van Heerden
News | 14 March 2014
The Prevention of Illegal Eviction From and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act (PIE) was meant to be a clear break with the many pieces of legislation the apartheid regime used to legalise the forced removal of black people from their land.
Zenande Booi
News | 14 March 2014
Gang violence in Manenberg is not decreasing, despite efforts from schools, government departments, and community organisations.
Fergus Turner
News | 12 March 2014
Immigrants in Cape Town might lose their livelihoods if the new regulations to the 2011 Immigration Amendment Act published in the Government Gazette on 14 February 2014 comes into effect.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 12 March 2014
Former gang member Mervin Lewis says what is happening in Mitchells Plain, Manenberg, Nyanga, Khayelitsha and Gugulethu is not a gang fight, but a low intensity civil war.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 12 March 2014
This week we cover the campaign to fix our patent laws, concern over changes to the new Public Administration Bill that may make it easier for corrupt officials, and the Israeli Apartheid week.
Brent Meersman
News | 12 March 2014
The Zikhali family have always made traditional mats, but hope their youngest daughter will have other options
ProEthics and its director Dr Janette Minnaar tried to stop us publishing this article
Water, waste, fire and finances — Siyancuma is a mess
Repressive regimes should have no place in our military strategy
There have been too many prepublication gag orders in recent times
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