Housing activists welcome City’s intention to develop Mowbray golf course
For years Reclaim the City and Ndifuna Ukwazi have been calling for leased golf courses to rather be used for social housing
Brief | 2 October 2024
In photos: the Reclaim the City occupations
Open day at the old Woodstock Hospital and Helen Bowden Nurses Home in Cape Town
By Matthew Hirsch and Steve Kretzmann
Photo Essay | 2 October 2024
Cape Town museum offers a window into life as a migrant worker under apartheid
The Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum has the last preserved migrant labour hostel
News | 1 October 2024
New plan for inner-city housing in Cape Town
City centre should accommodate up to 50,000 people by 2040
News | 1 October 2024
All night protest at Western Cape Premier’s residence
Housing activists are demanding that Alan Winde engage with them
News | 30 September 2024
Former environment minister Creecy under fire from penguin conservation groups
And new environment minister George has also been criticised
By John Yeld
News | 30 September 2024
Hundreds join Cape Flats “recovery walk”
The annual event celebrating recovery from substance use started in 2015
By Tori Newby
Brief | 30 September 2024
Thousands of birds rescued by West Coast owl orphanage
The birds of prey rehabilitation centre in Velddrif has gone from strength to strength but challenges remain
News | 30 September 2024
How climate change threatens South Africa’s wine industry
Higher temperatures pose a raft of challenges for vineyards and the jobs that depend on them
By Cole Potgieter, Aisling de Lange and Neil Thomas Stacey
Science | 30 September 2024