South Africa|Western Cape|Cape Town

Gugulethu residents protest over incomplete housing project

“If we sit back and wait for the City then we might not get our houses” says backyarder

Lockdown in pictures - Day 111: Pop Star

Judge orders City of Cape Town to rebuild Hangberg home

Judge Salie-Hlophe says the City “acted unlawfully”

Groote Schuur doctor describes her day in a Covid-19 ward

“The reality is the beds are full and people are dying”

Massive new land occupation on Cape Nature land in Mfuleni

Some families say they were displaced by flooding

Lockdown in pictures - Day 110: Swings and roundabouts

With no toilet, Wallacedene man has to watch over his mother-in-law while she uses a field

City of Cape Town says it recently delivered chemical toilets and standpipes will soon be installed

Lockdown in pictures - Day 109: Cape of Storms

“Mfuleni residents are tired of seeing the City relocate residents from other townships”

City has condemned the occupation of its Bosasa housing project

Cape storm leaves hundreds without “toilets”

“Flood victims now shit in buckets inside their shacks and empty them into the dam. I do the same.”

Lockdown in pictures - Day 108: Fetching water

Lockdown in pictures - Day 107: “We love Khayelitsha”

Homes demolished as storm hits Cape Town

Five shacks in Vrygrond were demolished on a rainy Thursday afternoon

In photos: Storm causes flooding in Cape Town

The City’s Disaster Risk Management says flood kits, sand and milling will be provided to affected informal settlements

Lockdown in pictures - Day 106: Floods in the wetland settlements

How Ladles of Love makes millions of meals during lockdown

The organisation needs donations to continue coming in