“We turned an unused building into a place many now call home”
“In this place there is love and care,” says Woodstock hospital occupier
News | 27 August 2019
Still no police station five years after Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into policing
Police ministry and SAPS continue to fail the vulnerable and the poor, says activist
Brief | 26 August 2019
Is Melissa Whitehead a principled civil servant or a “cowboy”?
Her supporters say she was too progressive for Cape Town’s municipality. Her detractors accuse her of playing victim.
By Tessa Knight
News | 26 August 2019
Make trains safer for women and children, demand commuters
#UniteBehind and other train commuters stage picket on Friday
Brief | 26 August 2019
City says it has housing opportunities in Blue Downs
Residential serviced plots available for people with a monthly income of R9,000 to R22,000
Brief | 26 August 2019
Burn victims unable to get life changing treatment
South Africa’s only tissue bank has been empty the past two months
By Elsabé Brits
News | 26 August 2019
Court orders hundreds of Kraaifontein farm dwellers to be relocated to Philippi
“The judgment doesn’t understand the reality confronting the people of Klein Akker Farm” says community leader
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 23 August 2019
Army protects Eskom workers in Khayelitsha
“The army is here to intimidate us” says Qandu-qandu informal settlement resident
News | 22 August 2019
Farm workers say Oak Valley housing arrangements are racist
But farm retorts that its living conditions are humane
Brief | 21 August 2019