Khayelitsha toilet cleaners work without recommended inoculations
City blames Covid disruptions for being behind on vaccinating workers against tetanus
Brief | 19 August 2021
Homeless man creates unique lampshades from recycled material
Ziggy Goredema lost his job and home at the start of lockdown and began making and selling the hanging lampshades
News | 17 August 2021
Tapes reveal secret workings of police disciplinary hearings for murder and brutality cases
Police officer found not guilty of the killing of 15-year-old Damian Ahrendse
Feature | 17 August 2021
Activists impatient with long wait for promised social housing
City of Cape Town says national government slow to release “well-located” land for affordable housing
News | 12 August 2021
Mother without ID struggles for years to enrol children at school
The departments of Home Affairs and Social Development are currently helping the Kuilsriver family
News | 12 August 2021
Some people haven’t received their disability grants since the start of the year
Frustrated temporary disability grant beneficiaries say SASSA offices are not coping
By Liezl Human
News | 11 August 2021
Draft Cape Town by-law could see land occupiers fined or imprisoned for up to two years, fear housing activists
Treating occupiers as criminals fails to recognise that the vast majority of people are forced to take land, says Ndifuna Ukwazi
News | 11 August 2021
Covid-19: A glimpse behind the scenes at Groote Schuur Hospital
Doctors describe innovation, adaptation - and despair
By James Stent
News | 11 August 2021
“We don’t want handouts. We want land”
Western Cape farm workers picket outside parliament
By Liezl Human
Brief | 11 August 2021