Parties hold their breath in battle over R300-million Stellenbosch mountain estate
Judgment has been reserved in an urgent application to halt a luxury development on Botmaskop slopes
By John Yeld
News | 24 February 2025
“Dismay” at Stellenbosch senate’s rejection of call for Gaza ceasefire
Meanwhile Nelson Mandela University senate supported a call for a ceasefire in Gaza earlier this week, and effectively an academic boycott of Israel
Brief | 10 May 2024
Broken streetlights have led to a spike in crime in this Cape Town suburb
But the City says repairs are difficult because of safety risks in Tafelsig
News | 2 April 2024
Trains to return to Stellenbosch by year end, says Metrorail
Residents struggling to pay for alternative transport look forward to the return of rail services
News | 5 December 2023
Hundreds of women farm workers march to Paarl police station
Among the demands is that police in the Cape Winelands be trained on how to properly handle GBV cases
Brief | 4 December 2023
Asbestos roofs still haven’t been replaced in Stellenbosch municipal housing
Residents of Cloetesville flats say they keep asking for repairs to be done
News | 28 November 2023
Spoekiesdorp families haunted by past evictions and uncertain future
“Many of us are here because we were evicted from farms. We were dumped here”
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 17 November 2023
Families evicted from farms have been dumped in Spoekiesdorp
The households in the Worcester informal settlement must be relocated, says the South African Human Rights Commission
News | 31 October 2023