Wallacedene fire victims want electricity restored
Increased hardships and fire risk as shack dwellers wait months for Eskom
By Vincent Lali
News | 13 April 2018
Millions wasted on dodgy Western Cape government security contract
R3 million a month for guards and dogs at Helen Bowden Nurses Home
Feature | 13 April 2018
COSATU pickets Parliament over “deepening crisis in Cape Town”
Union raises similar issues to those raised by Saftu earlier in the day
News | 12 April 2018
Saftu marches against proposed labour laws
Union opposes secret ballot for strikes and national minimum wage amount
News | 12 April 2018
Philippi land occupiers threaten to defy court order
“I have nowhere to go. If they destroy our shacks then I would go and live in the streets with my wife and two children.”
News | 12 April 2018
Hundreds sign petition to deny bail to man accused of murdering lesbian
“This was a hate crime. He lives in the community where the victim resided.”
News | 12 April 2018
Dunoon neighbourhood watch shelter set ablaze
Meanwhile communication breaks down between citizen patrols and police
News | 12 April 2018
Dunoon women choose toilets over businesses
Shipping containers pushed into the road to make way for new toilets
News | 11 April 2018
Anger over 10,000-seater stadium for Observatory
“We want development that supports the area,” says resident
By Aidan Jones
News | 11 April 2018