Disorganised SASSA leaves disabled grant recipients standing in the rain

Khayelitsha chaos continues, but there is hope: from 1 September SASSA services will also be offered at the City of Cape Town’s Kuyasa office.

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News | 16 August 2022

Small scale fishers call for halt to gas and oil exploration

“When foreign companies drill oil in our oceans, fish die”

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Brief | 15 August 2022

Arson threatens fledgling bee business

Police didn’t take Vuyo Myoli’s complaint seriously, he says

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Brief | 12 August 2022

Sex workers are angry with the Gender Commission. Here’s why

They believe some members are using their positions to impose personal moral views on issues like sex work and abortion.

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Brief | 12 August 2022

When a car is your only home

People living in their cars face fines of R300 to R500

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News | 12 August 2022

Occupiers facing eviction refuse to move until their demands are met

About 31 households at Backstage in Khayelitsha want the City to relocate them to serviced sites.

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News | 10 August 2022

Activists launch #PatrickMustFall campaign

Dozens of women from the Cape Flats protested in Constantia on Monday

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Brief | 9 August 2022

Seasonal farm workers struggle for months to get their UIF money

Long queues at De Doorns labour office where the system is often offline

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News | 5 August 2022

COSATU protesters chase away officials during march against crime

Police Minister Bheki Cele says policing alone cannot deal with crime

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News | 4 August 2022

200 cases dropped in three months because of police inefficiency, report finds

Dockets often lost, says court monitoring team run by the Western Cape Department of Community Safety.

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Brief | 4 August 2022

Women march to police station after body found in wheelie bin

Nyanga protesters demand visible policing and CCTV cameras

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Brief | 3 August 2022

High Court victory for former farm worker from Wellington

Drakenstein Municipality failed in its duty to provide emergency housing, Western Cape High Court finds

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News | 2 August 2022

“It’s survival of the fittest” says blind homeless woman

No homeless shelters or “safe spaces” in Mitchells Plain

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News | 2 August 2022

12 toilets for 3,000 people, so elderly couple use the bushes

600,000 are people waiting for housing opportunities in the Western Cape

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News | 2 August 2022

Boys play soccer in neglected Gugulethu Cemetery

Petition launched to get City of Cape Town to fix the graveyard

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Brief | 1 August 2022