Rat poison found in Cape Town’s dead caracals
UCT researcher says secondary poisoning of the apex predator from eating contaminated prey threatens to unbalance the Cape Peninsula ecosystem
News | 15 April 2026
This granny lives in a shack right next to her unfinished RDP house
Nine people live in one room
Brief | 15 April 2026
SA’s only state transgender surgery clinic can help just four patients a year
But Groote Schuur’s Transgender Healthcare Clinic is seeing five to ten new patients a month and new patients may wait 20 to 30 years for surgery
News | 14 April 2026
In photos: Army enters Lavender Hill, but some are sceptical
Gang violence continues on Cape Flats
By Matthew Hirsch and Brenton Geach
Photo Essay | 13 April 2026
Quota bungle: Small-scale fishers battle to survive
Several West Coast cooperatives given even lower allocations than they had before their appeals
By Liezl Human
News | 13 April 2026
Picket in Cape Town against US war on Iran
Protesters called for an end to an “illegal, unprovoked” war
Brief | 10 April 2026
Government plans new court bid to contain Knoflokskraal occupation
The self-proclaimed Khoisan settlement has grown to between 15,000 and 20,000 people despite a 2021 interdict
By Liezl Human
News | 8 April 2026
Johannesburg sewage treatment fails Green Drop assessment
Metro has dropped from 91% in 2011 to below 50%
By Seth Thorne
News | 7 April 2026