South Africa|Western Cape|Cape Town

Unregistered ECD principals plead with government

“Some of our teachers are resorting to occupying vacant land because they have no money to pay rent”

Land occupations displace initiation schools

“If they build their shacks on these sites, what will happen to their culture?”

Residents’ association wants activist’s soup kitchen closed

“Feed them in their areas” says association chairperson

Khayelitsha business owner caught in “rain of stones” during protest

Nelly Tom has scratches and bruising on her face and her work vehicle is severely damaged

Lockdown in pictures - Day 126: Trading from home

Cape Town residents close bridge to reduce crime

Pedestrian walkway connecting Mandalay to Lower Crossroads cut off

Lockdown in pictures - Day 125: Sewing

Toilets overflow for a month as City drains clog up

City blames blockages on “misuse of the sewer system”

Dunoon residents threaten to empty toilets on N7

Petitioners tell City of Cape Town to dump contractor

Lottery bows to pressure and releases grant details

But information on the Covid-19 relief fund is incomplete

Lockdown in pictures - Day 124: Fish for sale

Questions for a sex worker

Constance Mathe explains why she believes her work should not be criminalised

Lockdown in pictures - Day 123: Craftsmanship

How to respond to Cape Town’s surge in land occupations

Here are seven proposals

Luyolo land claimants to wait another three years for housing project

“For years people showed us plans for housing then disappeared without anything being done. Many of us had lost hope”

Community leaders oppose Makhaza occupation

“I have been on the housing database for years, but I still have no house” says occupier