Farm workers march in rain and wind to call for ban on pesticides
They want an end to exports of harmful pesticides from Germany
Brief | 27 August 2024
Alarming Auditor-General report on municipalities
Only 34 out of 257 municipalities receive clean audits for 2022/23
By Daniel Steyn
News | 27 August 2024
Cape Town electricity protest brings traffic to a halt
“We are eating less food because we have to pay more for electricity”
News | 23 August 2024
Taxi bosses demand children use their services to get to school
But taxi association denies the letter is from them
News | 23 August 2024
Future of the nearly 900 people living in Woodstock Hospital hangs in the balance
Cape Town Mayor commits to social housing but residents believe they will be kicked out
By Liezl Human
News | 22 August 2024
Philippi community welcomes temporary police station
This comes two years after the previous Browns Farm satellite police station was decommissioned due to severe vandalism and safety concerns
News | 22 August 2024
SASSA office in Strand will only re-open after September
Applicants for grants urged to use the online system
Brief | 20 August 2024
Trains now run to Khayelitsha, but the Central Line is still not fully operational
Metrorail says work on remaining stations was delayed by rains
News | 19 August 2024
Pre-dawn operation moves homeless people off Cape Town’s streets
City is offering “Safe Space” shelters but some people don’t want to go there
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 16 August 2024