Eastern Cape fishers celebrate chance to once again catch squid
Small-scale fisheries have been given a 15% squid quota
News | 9 July 2021
Housing for informal settlement near Cape Town airport on hold
Province waiting for tests on aircraft noise, but resident says they have been living there since the 1990s and have not gone deaf
Brief | 9 July 2021
“Mice, cockroaches, mosquitos and flies were attracted to the dumping site”
eThekwini Municipality warns of fines of up to R5,000 for illegal dumping
Brief | 9 July 2021
This charity has been feeding Cape Town’s hungry for more than 80 years. Never have so many people queued for food
“The increase in numbers shows how much people are struggling out there”
Feature | 8 July 2021
Elections 2021: Xolobeni voters may kick ANC out
Poor services and a controversial mining project have fuelled disaffection with governing party
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Daniel Steyn
Feature | 8 July 2021
Siqalo shack dwellers want solar power
Residents are asking the City of Cape Town to subsidise a model they say worked in Stellenbosch
News | 8 July 2021
Makeshift church takes in flood victims in Bloekombos
Nomava Mboniswa offered her zinc church structure after she saw images of the flood on TV
By Vincent Lali
News | 8 July 2021
Survey estimates half of all adults under 70 have likely had Covid-19
Study was conducted in January and May, before the third wave peaked
Science | 8 July 2021
Gauteng government takes vaccination drive to SASSA queues
“We’ve been using vaccines for years. I don’t understand why people are afraid of this vaccine” says Soweto pensioner
Brief | 7 July 2021