Policing forums demand state of emergency in “gang-infested” areas
Bheki Cele announced on Thursday night that the SANDF would be deployed to several townships on the Cape Flats to assist with policing measures to curb crime
Brief | 12 July 2019
Township youths build exquisite sculpture
It doesn’t make all the violence stop but it reminds people that there is beauty in the world, says volunteer
Photo Essay | 12 July 2019
Makhuluplaas farm labour tenants forgotten since 1991
“They have been on the land the longest and they still don’t have flushing toilets”
By Zoë Postman
News | 12 July 2019
Security guards demand jobs from PE municipality
“When we go to the toilet, we shit water because our stomachs are empty”
Brief | 12 July 2019
Parents lock principal up in primary school
“We want each classroom to have 30 kids like in white schools” says community leader
By Vincent Lali
News | 11 July 2019
Cape Town’s children seem to be getting healthier
Cases of diarrhoea and malnutrition have dropped
By Elsabé Brits
News | 11 July 2019
Philippi mother: “I could hear the gunshots from church”
Bheki Cele visited the home where six women were shot dead last Friday night. Five men were also gunned down in two separate incidents on the same weekend in the area.
News | 11 July 2019
GROUNDVIEW: Cape Town property deal needs independent investigation
Growthpoint’s explanation for Foreshore property sale is unconvincing, but the City has the hardest questions to answer
GroundView | 11 July 2019
Government’s multi-million rand filling station stands empty for years
Qamata chief vows it will not open until municipality acknowledges local land ownership
News | 11 July 2019