Hangberg residents protest for better living conditions

Demonstration started when community learnt that about R100 million was being spent on nearby informal settlement

Text by Sune Payne. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

Brief | 18 August 2017

Missing docket delays Khayelitsha community leader’s murder trial

“If things continue like this, I see no justice for Ras.”

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Brief | 18 August 2017

False start to Parliament’s state capture probe

“The key thing here is that we need to get the money back as soon as possible”

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Parliament | 17 August 2017

Masiphumelele residents reject portable toilets

“I must sit in front of my children to do my business because my house is not big enough for privacy”

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Brief | 17 August 2017

Blind and diabetic in a cold little shack

Gugulethu woman tries to get by on R350 a month

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News | 17 August 2017

Tension between haves and have-nots over electricity

Witsand’s informal settlement residents blame Eskom for electrification delays

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News | 16 August 2017

“We are not winning the war on crime” admits SAPS

Parliament rebukes unprepared police

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Parliament | 16 August 2017

CPUT drops intimidation charges against SRC president

Management commits to “reconciliatory process”

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Brief | 15 August 2017

Social grants: MPs accuse SASSA of deliberate delays

Post Office’s role in grant payments unclear

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Parliament | 15 August 2017

Hout Bay residents protest against reblocking

They accuse community leaders who support reblocking of corruption

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News | 15 August 2017

Evictions at Cape Town social housing complex

Steenvilla is seen as a model development - much will depend on its success or failure

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News | 14 August 2017

Protesting school gets new classrooms

Western Cape Education Department also makes three teachers permanent

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Brief | 14 August 2017

SJC accuses police of delaying resources court case

The hearing will now take place in November

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News | 11 August 2017

UWC sees no quick solution to residence crisis

“Many of the students we register have no financial means to find accommodation”

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Parliament | 11 August 2017

11,000 people sign pledge to end violence against women and children

We want accountability from the Justice Department, says Ilitha Labantu

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News | 10 August 2017

Both sides cheer as Zuma survives no-confidence vote

Vote in eighth unsuccessful motion of no confidence was much closer than most people expected

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Parliament | 8 August 2017