Shackdwellers’ homes destroyed on Valentine’s Day
City of Cape Town says shacks were unoccupied but residents disagree
News | 20 February 2019
COSATU calls for VAT increase to be scrapped
Union federation marches in Cape Town ahead of budget speech tomorrow
News | 19 February 2019
CPUT shuts building after flood
One student arrested, suspected of causing flood and “more arrests expected to follow in due course”
Brief | 18 February 2019
CPUT nursing students say residences are not secure
Athlone campus SRC deny college management met with them
News | 15 February 2019
Load shedding is killing small businesses
“We are losing profits. Our clients are impatient and always in a hurry. They can’t wait for about two and a half hours.”
By Mary-Anne Gontsana, Thembela Ntongana and Tariro Washinyira
News | 15 February 2019
Hundreds left homeless after shack fire in Dunoon
People have lost everything in the fire, but luckily there were no fatalities
Brief | 15 February 2019
Stellenbosch builds world class institute to investigate deadly diseases
R1 billion Biomedical Research Institute will be ready by 2022
By Elsabé Brits
Science | 15 February 2019
PRASA says rail enforcement units are succeeding
Capetonians spend more time in traffic because people have stopped using Metrorail, says city councillor
News | 14 February 2019
“I am living and working for the next meal”
Khumbuzile Phakamile survives by selling empties to shebeens and trying to find gardening jobs that pay a pittance
News | 14 February 2019