Battle for Bo-Kaap’s future
Residents are protesting against gentrification but a heritage consultant is sceptical of “nostalgia of an imagined past”
Text by Aidan Jones. Photos by Barry Christianson.
Feature | 26 June 2018
Occupiers take over Old Mutual property
Company says the flats and surrounding land were earmarked for a low-cost housing project
News | 22 June 2018
Shacks flooded after week of Cape rains
Dam levels are rising and Day Zero in 2019 is unlikely, but for hundreds of thousands of people, the rains bring hardship
Photo Essay | 22 June 2018
Community confused why they don’t have electricity while their neighbours do
In the meanwhile, residents of RR Section in Khayelitsha use illegal connections
News | 21 June 2018
Refugees march for legal recognition
“There is no way for me to better my life without having papers in this country”
News | 20 June 2018
Western Cape government identifies seven possible housing sites
Parkwood community leaders made to promise that sites won’t be occupied before development
News | 20 June 2018
Khayelitsha residents demand toilets, water and electricity
“We have had enough of living in squalor,” says shack-dweller
By Vincent Lali
News | 20 June 2018
Toilets blocked for nearly a year
City of Cape Town blames vandalism for the mess
By Vincent Lali
News | 20 June 2018
Why families occupied land in Parkwood
“Politicians come and make promises they can’t keep”
Feature | 19 June 2018