IPID investigating after police accused of assaulting woman
The woman says that officers in Philippi threatened to kill her and her family if they spoke out about the incident
News | 20 November 2020
Nyanga youths charge R50 to queue for clients
“Many visit these departments the whole week without being helped because of the long queues”
News | 20 November 2020
Devastating Langa fire destroys 70 homes
“My shack was filled with smoke and it was so hot inside. I grabbed my baby and ran out.”
News | 19 November 2020
Fish “no longer welcome” at I&J
After 100 workers go on strike company bans union’s general secretary Dale Fish
By Liezl Human
Brief | 19 November 2020
Judge in Woodstock eviction case concerned about “spatial apartheid”
Atlantis was going to be a hub, said Judge Sher, but now “people are stuck out there with great unemployment and social problems”
By James Stent
Law | 18 November 2020
Tafelsig feeding scheme battles red tape
Tafelsig CAN provides meals three times a day to hundreds of families in Mitchells Plain and Philippi
News | 18 November 2020
Informal traders say the City neglects the town centre in Mitchells Plain
The group says the area “reeks of defecation and urine”
News | 17 November 2020
Blouvlei crèche survived apartheid but may not survive Covid-19
The historic crèche opened in 1955 in Cape Town by Dora Tamana is struggling
News | 17 November 2020
Bromwell Street: Residents want emergency accommodation near city
City argued that providing social or temporary housing in the inner city would take time
By James Stent
Law | 17 November 2020