Backyarder programme doesn’t go far enough, say Bellville South residents

Residents complain of living conditions in spite of City of Cape Town upgrade

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News | 25 August 2017

Cape Town skyscraper to include “affordable” apartments - at R800,000 each

Buyers would have to earn at least R25,000 a month

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News | 25 August 2017

No quick fix for Cape Town’s trains, commuters told

Western Cape operating at 60% of capacity

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News | 24 August 2017

Lavender Hill women share stories of abuse

“Go back and work on your marriage” magistrate told woman

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News | 24 August 2017

Province orders City of Cape Town to clean up Masiphumelele

City has failed to address “appalling” sanitary conditions, says province

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News | 23 August 2017

City boots SASSA out of Witsand

Social grant beneficiaries now have to walk 10km

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Brief | 23 August 2017

Epileptic, asthmatic and on the streets

All Cassiem Johnson wants is a house

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Feature | 21 August 2017

Clashes in Khayelitsha following land occupation

“I have no source of income because I’m jobless but I have to pay R500 to my landlord monthly”

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News | 21 August 2017

Activists suspect security company of attacking them

“Leave this building, you cannot stay here. This building doesn’t belong to you!”

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News | 21 August 2017

Hangberg residents protest for better living conditions

Demonstration started when community learnt that about R100 million was being spent on nearby informal settlement

Text by Sune Payne. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

Brief | 18 August 2017

Missing docket delays Khayelitsha community leader’s murder trial

“If things continue like this, I see no justice for Ras.”

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Brief | 18 August 2017

Can imprisoned asylum seekers be deported?

What happens to a Somali refugee may give the answer

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Brief | 18 August 2017

False start to Parliament’s state capture probe

“The key thing here is that we need to get the money back as soon as possible”

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Parliament | 17 August 2017

Masiphumelele residents reject portable toilets

“I must sit in front of my children to do my business because my house is not big enough for privacy”

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Brief | 17 August 2017

Blind and diabetic in a cold little shack

Gugulethu woman tries to get by on R350 a month

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News | 17 August 2017

Tension between haves and have-nots over electricity

Witsand’s informal settlement residents blame Eskom for electrification delays

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News | 16 August 2017