New Makhaza police station can’t open because there’s no water or electricity
The station was completed at the end of December after a 10-year wait
News | 7 February 2024
Rubbish piles up in growing Mfuleni settlements
More families moved onto land during Covid
By Vincent Lali
News | 6 February 2024
Fishing companies take Creecy to court over quotas
Fishing Rights Allocation Process was “rushed and haphazardly allocated” says lawyer for fishers
By Liezl Human
News | 5 February 2024
Steel mill in Cape Town ordered to comply with air quality regulations
Kamal-CISCO told to cease operations and meet conditions of emissions licence
By Tred Magill
News | 5 February 2024
Court battle looms over Observatory pavement occupation
The City wants to move the occupiers to Delft South but they say that’s too far away
News | 2 February 2024
Battle in Khayelitsha over occupied land
The Khayelitsha Community Trust plans to build a private hospital displacing informal settlement formed during Covid
By Vincent Lali
News | 2 February 2024
Worker who earns R3,500 per month spends R1,200 on transport
Metrorail’s return to service remains extremely limited
Brief | 1 February 2024
Nine years later, here is how Wolwerivier is doing
Residents of the City’s emergency housing development face unemployment, extreme heat, and overcrowding. But “we have achieved a lot” says a community member
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 1 February 2024
Garbage piling up in Cape Town townships as extortion gangs drive out City contractors
In some areas of Phillipi East rubbish has not been collected for nine months
Brief | 31 January 2024