South Africa|Western Cape|Cape Town

Mfuleni families left to use the canal as a toilet

Chemical toilets fill up, flush toilets are blocked

Over a thousand people lose their homes in devastating shack fire

Mayco Member alleges that firefighting effort was hampered by people cutting fire hoses

In photos: Huge fire destroys Langa homes

Free Gender says Khayelitsha police are mishandling murder case of lesbian woman

Access to justice for black lesbians and people in Khayelitsha is “elusive”

People wait in the cold and rain for hours outside Home Affairs in Mitchells Plain

“Most of us have been standing here since 3am” says 60-year-old man

Hanover Park soup kitchen fighting for survival

“People are hungry and most of them are unemployed” says feeding scheme director

Diep River floodplain families will fight eviction

The City of Cape Town has started an eviction process now that the moratorium has lifted with the end of the State of Disaster

Protesters say poor people excluded from housing indaba

Demonstrations outside and inside convention centre at Cape Town launch of land release programme

Wage strike at Taylor Blinds factory

“I feed your families, but I can’t feed mine”

Commercial fishing: Hout Bay fishers say they’ve been left out

Applicants have until 29 April to file appeals

Volunteers tackle Langa’s illegal dumps

”We need to take care of our environment”

Slap on the wrist for police commander who ignored torture allegations

SAPS failing to enforce discipline in its ranks

Cape Town to give an additional R10-million to shelters

Human Rights Commission urges city to move away from ‘us and them’ mentality when it comes to homelessness

City of Cape Town stops Brass Bell restaurant from building on beach

Owner wanted a wooden deck to provide people with “an area to sunbathe without getting covered in sea sand”

Government accused of only paying lip service to climate change

African Climate Alliance protests outside Parliament

High Court rules woman had the right to call out her rapist

Judge overturns “gag” order