South Africa|Western Cape|Cape Town

“Walk of Resistance” against Amazon site

A petition signed by 50,000 people opposing the R4.5bn mega-development has been handed over to Mayor Dan Plato

Langa residents are fed up with their police

Community leaders claim their safety patrol is more effective than SAPS

Youth Day sailing programme teaches more than just sailing

Young people from Imizamo Yethu and Hangberg get out on the water

The life and death of an immigrant dog whisperer

SAHRC commissioner finds sewage gushing from drains in Cape Town housing project

Residents of Victoria Mxenge demand a permanent solution to sewerage problems

Cape Town trauma centre overwhelmed by case load

At times “the queues look like a SASSA line”

Supporters of axed top cop Jeremy Vearey march to Parliament

They want him reinstated and a public inquiry into SAPS

Toy Story: How orgasms helped me heal

In this video Makgosi Letimile explains how she used sex toys to help relieve incontinence

Wheelchair users struggle to use sewage covered, pothole-ridden roads in Dunoon

One man says people charge him R130 to push his wheelchair to the shops or nearby clinic

Cape Town golf clubs may be turned into housing - City documents

Activists welcome possible change of policy

City of Cape Town to evict dozens of Observatory residents

The Willow Arts Collective had been hoping to lease land from the City

Taxi drivers’ protest leaves commuters stranded

Mom misses baby’s hospital appointment, learner misses school as more vehicles torched

Shack dwellers install their own taps and toilets

8,000 families in Khayelitsha find ways to cope without city services

Covid-19: What it’s like being a nurse during a pandemic

“We kept getting patients who were already dead”

Three more vehicles set alight in Cape Town taxi drivers’ protest

Taxis impounded as protest continues

City’s approach to homeless people is not working

This simplistic narrative of helping to reduce homelessness by just donating to one group of shelters is harmful