South Africa|Western Cape

In photos: Boxing academy gives Khayelitsha youth a fighting chance

Cape Town shack dwellers march in city centre for services

Covid informal settlement lacks water, electricity and sanitation

More than 10-million consumers cannot repay their debt

But there is a silver lining

Magistrates protest outside Parliament

Magistrates are demanding salary increases and better working conditions

Sink holes open up again beneath shacks in Khayelitsha

The cause is a collapsing sewer line, but the City of Cape Town cannot access it unless it relocates the residents

Dunoon artist brightens children’s lives

Sibusiso Dube has livened up the local library, mentored teens and earned acclaim for his graphite portraits

City of Cape Town contractors mess up

Rubbish piles up as City dumps cleaning companies which don’t meet obligations

In photos: Optimists on the water

The Little Optimist Trust Sailing Therapy program gives over 1,600 children in Cape Town their chance to be on the water

Seven-year-old drowns in dam in Cape Town informal settlement

Residents of Marikana informal settlement in Philippi East say dams in the area are unsafe