News
Attitudes to pets have changed significantly in recent years in Khayelitsha
Started by a community member 17 years ago, Mdzananda Animal Clinic in Khayelitsha now treats up to 1,000 animals a month.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 17 March 2014
Struggling Zimbabwean author writes about the challenges of living and dying on the Cape Flats
39-year-old Zimbabwean Milton Jaure, also known as Rasmijah, is struggling to get financial support to publish his book of short stories and produce a documentary focusing on the challenges foreigners face when their loved ones die in South Africa.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 17 March 2014
Religious leaders ask their congregations to do more than pray for an end to gang violence on the Cape Flats
On 14 March, Imam Rashied Omar, chairperson of the Western Cape Religious Leaders Forum (WCRLF), hosted Manenberg community leaders at the Claremont Main Road mosque, where he officiates.
Yazeed Kamaldien
News | 17 March 2014
Bitter background to stalled pay talks
Unless bridges are built between competing sides, legacies of bitterness, hatred and fear, often distorted by prejudice and myth, can persist for decades, even generations. And when there are are fairly recent incidents, especially those involving bloodshed and human loss, feelings, particularly among those who identify as victims, are all the more acute.
Terry Bell
News | 17 March 2014
Rugby: Blue Jets of Khayelitsha play MIT Rangers from Manenberg at Khayelitsha Stadium
With the Western Cape Club rugby season only a few weeks away, some teams are using the time to test their skills. Blue Jets of Khayelitsha hosted the MIT Rangers from Manenberg at Khayelitsha Stadium.
Siyabonga Kalipa
News | 17 March 2014
Gugulethu chess rising
Once the playing begins, all that's to be heard is the clanging of pieces and the thumping of clocks signalling that it's "your move". Today, chess took centre stage at the Gugulethu Sports Centre.
Nathan Geffen
News | 15 March 2014
They came for Malema
At a rally in Mfuleni on Thursday 13 March, residents booed local leaders of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). They said they had been promised EFF leader Julius Malema would address them.
Pharie Sefali
News | 14 March 2014
Government slams HRC water report - and lawyer slams government
On Tuesday 11 March, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) officially launched their 2014 report on water and sanitation. But the Department of Water Affairs has called the report “outdated, baseless and misleading”.
Martha Sithole and Jacques van Heerden
News | 14 March 2014
Landmark eviction judgment in Cape High Court
The Prevention of Illegal Eviction From and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act (PIE) was meant to be a clear break with the many pieces of legislation the apartheid regime used to legalise the forced removal of black people from their land.
Zenande Booi
News | 14 March 2014