Protesters shut down parts of Cape Town during peak hours
The City says it cannot accommodate new informal settlements in its current budget
By Vincent Lali
News | 23 March 2021
Department of Home Affairs flouts court orders, year after year
Still no functional refugee reception office in Cape Town
News | 23 March 2021
From sounds to hounds: How an opera singer started a dog-washing business in Khayelitsha
Masakhane Sotayisi doesn’t just clean your dog: he moisturises it too!
By Ashraf Hendricks and Mary-Anne Gontsana
Video | 23 March 2021
Refugee organisations stage ceremony pretending that Home Affairs has resumed services
Asylum seekers are desperate for government to start serving them again
News | 19 March 2021
Violent clashes in Masiphumelele over future of sportsfield
The City wants to build temporary houses on it but as one resident says, “To the City, temporary can be 25 years.”
News | 18 March 2021
Court slams City of Cape Town for barring access to homeless camp
Judge Desai found that South African Human Rights Commission monitors trying to enter the site were acting lawfully
By James Stent
Law | 17 March 2021
This is how South Africa’s vaccination programme works. But is the system able to scale up?
Getting vaccinated “is the best thing you can do for yourself” says Groote Schuur nurse
By Elsabé Brits and Nathan Geffen
News | 17 March 2021
Shack dweller Nikiwe Sipenuka has no feet and no hands. She has been waiting for a house for years
Unclear why provincial government has not prioritised her house
News | 17 March 2021
In photos: Controlled burn of Kenilworth race track
The track is home to pristine critically endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
By John Yeld
Photo Essay | 17 March 2021