Mitchells Plain ward councillor accused of sidelining unemployed youths
The councillor says jobs are randomised by the Expanded Public Works Programme office and “no politician or councillor has influence in the process”
Brief | 23 August 2023
Protest over poor service at Khayelitsha Home Affairs
About 100 people marched in the rain under the banner of #UniteBehind
Brief | 22 August 2023
Axed PRASA board chair goes to court to get his job back
Leonard Ramatlakane argues that if he did anything wrong it was minor and unintentional
News | 22 August 2023
Langa’s cramped sewing school needs more space
The Sinakho Skills Development Centre and Entrepreneurship Training Academy
Brief | 21 August 2023
Learners launch storytelling project to “recapture the beauty” of Masiphumelele
Masiphumelele: Through The Struggles We Rise is a project by nine high school girls and students from the Stellenbosch Academy of Photography and Design
News | 21 August 2023
Cape Town taxi agreement made an order of court
The High Court also dismissed SANTACO’s interdict application
News | 18 August 2023
Students fear being evicted again if NSFAS payment issues not resolved
“My family is over 1,500 kilometres away in the Free State and I don’t really have anyone in Cape Town that I can go live with if we are evicted again,” she says.
News | 18 August 2023
Families flee Cape Town informal settlements under threat
Nearby backyarders hope for houses, though the City of Cape Town says the land is “lost” for housing
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 August 2023
City of Cape Town told to make new plan for Woodstock social housing site
Heritage approval has not been granted, contrary to City claims
News | 18 August 2023