New contraceptive is so popular that stocks are running dry
Such was the demand for a newly-introduced female contraceptive implant that stocks ran dry in the Ilembe district a week before the month's end in April. After stalling for three weeks, the programme restarted when stocks were replenished in the second week of May.
Ruth Atkinson
News | 3 July 2014
Cops say they will take Gun Free South Africa’s concerns seriously
On Tuesday, Gun Free South Africa (GFSA) called upon Minister of Police, Nkosinathi Nhleko, to institute a moratorium on firearm licensing nationwide.
Katy Osborn
News | 3 July 2014
After seven murders in two weeks, Manenberg residents march for peace
About 100 residents marched through the streets of Manenberg today in the hope of putting a stop to the gang violence that has claimed seven lives in two weeks.
Zintle Swana and Thembela Ntongana
Brief | 2 July 2014
Informal vendors unhappy with City’s proposed trading plans
A 38-year-old fruit vendor in the city centre says it is not clear if he will be benefiting from the City of Cape Town’s proposed plan to allocate new trading bays.
Barbara Maregele
News | 2 July 2014
City delays providing toilets to creche
Educators at the Suphemelela Day Care in Khayelitsha where children have been using buckets as toilets, say they are still waiting for flush toilets promised to them by the City of Cape Town more than a month ago.
Barbara Maregele
News | 2 July 2014
I don’t want to go back to the streets, says Sanna
Huddled with her partner Johan in their cardboard and plastic shack behind the Belville market, Sanna Hartnick mixes brandy with Smirnoff Ice. The winter wind whirls and howls but little by little Sanna feels less cold and less stressed.
Shireen Mukadam
News | 2 July 2014
I’m worth twice what I earn, says NUMSA member
Over 4,000 National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) workers stopped working and hit the streets of Cape Town city centre to demand a 12% wage increase effective from today.
Thembela Ntongana and Zintle Swana
Brief | 1 July 2014
Lessons from the platinum strike: the poison of inequality
The timing, duration and intensity of the long strike on the platinum belt were fuelled by a familiar South African problem: persistent and very high inequality.
Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 1 July 2014
Help! People are breathing here
Breathing air that does not damage health is one of the most important constitutional rights. But some municipalities on the polluted Mpumalanga Highveld are battling to enforce the Air Quality Act, writes Robyn Hugo.
Robyn Hugo
Opinion | 1 July 2014