City of Cape Town has built fewer than 20 social housing units in the inner city in six years, say activists
City says it has made more than 32,000 square metres of land available but there are challenges, including “hijacking” of buildings
News | 19 July 2023
Pay R10,000 or face a year in prison, court tells former SJC leader
Xolani Klaas pleaded guilty to fraudulently selling a cellphone that belonged to the organisation
News | 19 July 2023
Equal Education, SADTU fail in Western Cape education challenge
Judge has harsh words for teachers’ union
Law | 18 July 2023
Hundreds march in Cape Town demanding better housing
Shack dwellers and backyarders say their living conditions are unbearable
Brief | 17 July 2023
No bail for Langa woman accused of scalding toddler
The 22-year-old will appear in the Bishop Lavis Magistrates Court in September on an attempted murder charge
Brief | 17 July 2023
NUMSA Western Cape in new fight with national leadership
Office bearers say regional secretary has not been allowed to return to work
By Daniel Steyn
News | 14 July 2023
Burned toddler: woman to appear in court on Friday
More than 1,000 people protest in Langa after assault on four-year-old
News | 11 July 2023
Philippi man couldn’t save his 6-year-old niece from burning shack
Oyama Meje and two adults died on Sunday night in Phola Park informal settlement fire
News | 10 July 2023
Two die in Khayelitsha shack fire
Victims of Blowy informal settlement fire were meant to have been relocated
By Vincent Lali
News | 10 July 2023