Homeowners and shack dwellers clash over illegal electricity connections
“As long as the municipality does not provide us with electricity, the illegal connections will continue”
Brief | 22 July 2020
COSAS shuts down schools in Alexandra
“Pure criminality” says Gauteng Education Department
Brief | 22 July 2020
“We are the rightful owners of these houses” say occupiers
City of Cape Town says they are jeopardising the allocation of houses to elderly beneficiaries
Brief | 22 July 2020
Burning of clinic: suspects in court
Mayor says some services suspended after “wanton acts of vandalism”
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 21 July 2020
GroundUp wins lottery court battle
Attempt to force us to stop publishing details of grants abandoned
Law | 21 July 2020
“I wish the government could allow us to stay here”
Eskom withdraws services to Khayelitsha after vehicles stoned and torched during land occupation
By Vincent Lali
News | 21 July 2020
Prisoners at Brandvlei starved of water when pump failed
People don’t see prisoners as human beings, says inmate’s daughter
By Zoë Postman
Brief | 21 July 2020
Workers in Cape wine industry face “job massacre”
Over a dozen wine farms are taking government to court over the new blanket ban on alcohol sales
News | 21 July 2020