Cape Town councillors and activists trade accusations over land occupations
20,000 shacks have been built since January but City says it only has money to build 2,000 houses
News | 16 September 2020
Covid-19: “We are starving” says singer Vicky Sampson
About 50 musicians and performers picket outside Parliament demanding relief money
News | 16 September 2020
Hungry children go hunting to get food
Without daily school meals, children do odd jobs or hunt pigeons and rabbits to get lunch
News | 16 September 2020
We are living in liquid shit, say eThembeni families
City of Cape Town says it’s not possible to drain away dirty water after sewage pipe burst
News | 16 September 2020
Little hope for Knysna’s 9,000 backyarders
“I grew up as a backyard dweller and now I am raising my children as one”
Brief | 16 September 2020
Students say private accommodation is expensive and unsafe in PE
Protesters demand municipality convert derelict buildings into residences
Brief | 16 September 2020
Report shows how lenders prey on social grant recipients
Low-risk loans but high interest rates
By James Stent
News | 15 September 2020
What’s the limit for free speech? Concourt to hear Qwelane case
Civil society organisations have made court submissions on both sides of the debate
Law | 15 September 2020
Wildfires leave two dead, 100 homes in ashes
Four villages suffer losses in Nyandeni Municipality, Eastern Cape
Brief | 15 September 2020