Brief
“Our toilets have been blocked since 2016” says Khayelitsha resident
Enkanini informal settlement gives the City a week to respond to demands for toilets and water
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 23 July 2020
PE parents demand shutdown of schools
Department reiterates that only the national cabinet can close schools
Brief | 23 July 2020
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
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
Clinic reopens after agreement between workers and health department
Facility closed on Friday because of lack of PPE
Brief | 20 July 2020
After five days without electricity residents protest at councillor’s home
Illegal connections blamed for power outage in Nyanga’s Hlazo Village
Brief | 20 July 2020