“Travelling on the Metrorail network is easy” says Metrorail. Really?

In a country which claims to be headed for “a better life for all” it is outrageous that thousands of commuters can be abandoned to a failing public transport system

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GroundView | 15 January 2020

50 to a class in Bishop Lavis primary school

Community and school come together to instill “values” in children

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Brief | 15 January 2020

Dozens of learners without uniforms, stationery after devastating fire

Residents blame municipality for failing to move them to “promised land”

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Brief | 15 January 2020

Denying people in wheelchairs access to shops is discriminatory, argues lawyer

Mitchells Plain shop owner says policy was implemented to stop “rampant shoplifting”

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Law | 15 January 2020

Diary of a Metrorail kid

The daily gamble with commuters’ time

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News | 14 January 2020

Gugulethu residents accuse taxi drivers of crime

Avanza private car taxi operators accused of rape and robbery

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News | 13 January 2020

Nightmare start to 2020 for thousands of Cape Town commuters

Khayelitsha bus and train services still suspended

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News | 13 January 2020

From street child to open water athlete

Thabiso Molefi ran away from home at 14. Five years later he swam from Robben Island to Blouberg

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News | 13 January 2020

Greenmarket Square refugees have split into “two hostile groups”

Reverend Alan Storey’s church has provided shelter to hundreds of people for months but the situation has become untenable

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Brief | 10 January 2020

Clinic closes to most patients after burglary

Kuyasa clinic usually treats about 400 patients per day

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News | 10 January 2020

City to move against Greenmarket Square refugees

Refugee leader says they remain “hopeful” that City will provide temporary shelter

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Brief | 8 January 2020

“We grew up as backyarders and we are still backyarders today”

Arcadia House occupiers plead for affordable housing near Cape Town’s inner city

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Brief | 8 January 2020

Donkerbos residents lift bakkie to safety during blaze

About 30 people displaced following fire at Somerset West informal settlement

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Brief | 6 January 2020

Khayelitsha commuters plan transport summit for February

“We have found that commuter safety is also not up to standard”

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Brief | 18 December 2019

City to use bylaws to remove refugees

Smith says failure to do this will have dire consequences for the informal traders on Greenmarket Square

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Brief | 18 December 2019