SASSA expects to save R341-million by tightening screenings
Treasury has added new conditions to improve the monitoring of grants
News | 20 November 2025
Extortion gangs terrorise Cape Town’s immigrant shop owners
Vigilantism on the rise as people accuse the police of failing them
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Phumeza Halonisi
News | 20 November 2025
Criminal courts in Cape Town are near to collapse
We need a total revamp of the criminal justice system
Opinion | 20 November 2025
Bo-Kaap residents call for Airbnb to be regulated
Long-standing residents say they are being pushed out by short-term rentals
News | 19 November 2025
Unsentenced detainees spending years in prison
New legal amendments seek to address prison overcrowding crisis
By Liezl Human
News | 19 November 2025
Bid to evict District Six pensioner dismissed
Court rules an eviction would be unjust given Noor-Banu Allie’s age, limited income and deep ties to District Six
Law | 18 November 2025
Inner city Cape Town: no room for locals
Short-term letting through various platforms, including Airbnb, locks up 70% of residential units in the central city
Analysis | 18 November 2025
MPs condemn unsafe living conditions at occupied Cape Town building
Helen Bowden Nurses Home, near the V&A Waterfront, was occupied in 2017
Photo Essay | 18 November 2025
Cape Town needs rent control. Here are six ways we could do it
Renting a home close to the city has become unaffordable even for many middle-class households
By Gabbi le Roux, Adam Narain and Jonty Cogger
Opinion | 17 November 2025