Seven years after the Khayelitsha Commission, policing is worse than ever, say residents
Community wants police minister and other government departments to account for lack of action on commission’s recommendations
News | 26 August 2021
6,000 people sign petition demanding City of Cape Town comes clean on water quality
Three vleis are still closed to the public because of sewage spills
By Liezl Human
News | 26 August 2021
Jobseekers flock to proposed Amazon site in Cape Town
Hundreds queue at River Club development in the hope of getting work
News | 26 August 2021
“I’m scared to be among my own brothers and sisters” says gay Zimbabwean activist
A week ago a man living in Langa was assaulted by two other Zimbabwean men
News | 25 August 2021
City of Cape Town demolishes tent camp, leaving homeless without shelter
Law enforcement removes people living near the Green Point Tennis Courts
News | 25 August 2021
Slain UCT student remembered
Memorial held at Cape Town post office for Uyinene Mrwetyana who was raped and murdered two years ago
Brief | 25 August 2021
Developers try to overturn sale of land for Cape Town housing development
Covid-19 triggered a plan to move families from overcrowded Dunoon informal settlements, but more than a year later, they’re still there
News | 25 August 2021
Public service workers protest over wages outside Western Cape legislature
Unions hope Constitutional Court will force government to stick to 2018 wage agreement
Brief | 24 August 2021
Teaching tomorrow’s ballet stars in Gugulethu
The Move for Two dance school has classes three times a week in a classroom at Bonga Primary school
Text and Photos by Ashraf Hendricks
Photo Essay | 24 August 2021