Video: How a disabled man has brought chess to one of Cape Town’s poorest schools
Sidwell Mayekiso hopes one of his students will one day become a Grandmaster
By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human
Video | 18 March 2022
Crèche owners protest at Parliament, demanding outstanding grants
Early childhood development centres want all money paid out by the end of the month
News | 17 March 2022
Fire leaves 200 families homeless in Strand
A blaze fanned by high winds swept through Solly’s Town on Wednesday night
By Vincent Lali
News | 17 March 2022
Protesters enter Khayelitsha Magistrates Court
Residents want the court to stop issuing eviction orders
By Vincent Lali
News | 17 March 2022
City of Cape Town probe into vlei water reveals contaminated samples
Closure of vleis probably prolonged by presence of other pathogens in tests
News | 16 March 2022
Parents of Villiersdorp learners plead for isiXhosa-medium school
Western Cape education department acknowledges there is a need for isiXhosa or English language schools in the Overberg region
By Liezl Human
News | 16 March 2022
Dunoon residents can access municipal offices at last
In 2016 Dunoon was put under Atlantis, 35km away, making it hard for the community to reach municipal offices. That “stupid” decision has now been reversed
Brief | 15 March 2022
CCMA upholds yet another “anti-vaxxer” dismissal
But commissioners awarded the worker compensation because his employer fired him on WhatsApp and without proper consultation
Law | 14 March 2022
No more space for large-scale housing projects, says Western Cape government
Families relocated to Delft say their living conditions have become unbearable
News | 14 March 2022