Piketberg landowners block mining company’s access
New salvo fired in decades-old opencast tungsten mine proposal
By John Yeld
News | 28 July 2023
Ten years after GroundUp revealed her plight, a disabled woman and her autistic son are still living in a tiny shack with no electricity or sanitation
Musa Pani is now 17 and nothing has changed for the better
News | 27 July 2023
Western Cape government to decide on homeless shelter in District Six
Public submission process has closed
Brief | 26 July 2023
Wayne Deck: an exemplary civil servant
Cape High Court clerk’s legendary work ethic should inspire others
By Jacques Louw
Opinion | 26 July 2023
Khayelitsha families rally to help bury three children who died after playing on dump site
City of Cape Town and SAPS are investigating the deaths
News | 25 July 2023
In photos: new hope for West Coast vlei after seven year drought
But the future of this West Coast jewel is not yet assured, despite record rains this year
By John Yeld
News | 25 July 2023
Supporters of gay rights and EFF members go head to head at UCT
Tensions ahead of lecture by controversial Kenyan professor
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Brief | 24 July 2023
Over 1,000 shack dwellers protest: “We are tired of living in squalor”
City of Cape Town accused of “persistent failure to collect rubbish ” in informal settlements
By Vincent Lali
News | 21 July 2023
Small farmers in the Cederberg still reeling from flood damage
Provincial department wants the area to be declared a disaster zone
By Liezl Human
News | 21 July 2023