Masiphumelele families battle to rebuild homes after blaze
City of Cape Town says it can’t provide fire kits due to National Government budget cuts
Brief | 1 February 2022
Boat club questions City of Cape Town water quality tests
Independent tests of Rietvlei water contradict City’s results
By Liezl Human
News | 1 February 2022
Khayelitsha volunteers clean up their own area
The group, who work for free, want City of Cape Town to provide material like rubbish bags and brooms
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 1 February 2022
The strangest vegetable gardens in South Africa
On an old military base in Cape Town, unlawful occupants are growing vegetables alongside the soldiers
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 31 January 2022
There are signs of hope amid Metrorail’s decay
On a trip arranged for journalists I saw that Philippi station has been ransacked - but the new trains are fantastic
News | 28 January 2022
Swift response contains fire at Cissie Gool House
Community applauds City firefighters, and calls for food, water and blankets following fire at old Woodstock Hospital
News | 28 January 2022
Tenants’ long wait for home ownership comes to an end this year
City of Cape Town promises to scrap tenants’ debt to help with sale process
News | 28 January 2022
Parliament’s botched digitisation may mean millions of precious documents were lost in the fire
Many scanned documents are impossible to read
By James Stent
Feature | 28 January 2022
Hundreds of people conned out of R800 in jobs-for-cash scam
Police claim to be investigating but complaint was lodged over a month ago
News | 27 January 2022