Building of new classrooms at overcrowded Dunoon school stalled
Inkwenkwezi Secondary School has more than 1,500 learners, with an average of 45 learners per class
Brief | 12 March 2024
Malmesbury communities march against high water and electricity tariffs
“If you don’t have money to pay for water, the municipality blocks electricity” says protestor
Brief | 11 March 2024
Wolwerivier transformed into a catwalk for International Women’s Day
Organisers hope the annual modelling event will encourage more young women from the community to follow their dreams
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 11 March 2024
Blikkiesdorp community protest after years of waiting for houses
They say their structures are falling apart and the area has become unliveable
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 8 March 2024
In photos: Cape Town’s apartheid-era flats
More than R1.2-billion has been allocated over the next three years to maintain these blocks
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 8 March 2024
Cape Town protection money syndicates kill people, kill livelihoods
A salon owner was shot dead on Wednesday apparently for refusing to pay protection money
News | 7 March 2024
Police minister says he’s been working from home for four years because of “terrible” state of SAPS building
“We paid more money trying to fix that thing than we paid for buying it,” Bheki Cele tells Parliament
News | 7 March 2024
Three people in hospital with serious burns after Dunoon shack fires
At least 200 people were left homeless after two fires at the weekend
Brief | 5 March 2024
Yoliswa Dwane, education activist who condemned John Hlophe, is remembered at UCT event
She “dedicated her life to advancing social justice” but died “too young, too early”
By Liezl Human
News | 4 March 2024