What Cape Town can still do to address its housing crisis

With a backlog of 600,000 housing units and the state only providing 2,500 a year, there is a role for the private sector to play

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Explainer | 25 February 2026

Budget 2026: civil society groups call for a R1,750-a-month social grant

“The government needs to tax the rich”

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News | 24 February 2026

Fire victims stuck as housing plans fall through

Families in Doornbach settlement in Cape Town are still waiting for emergency housing, six weeks after the fire

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News | 24 February 2026

Lottery crook fails to get his pension back

Phillemon Letwaba’s bid to unfreeze his pension has been dismissed

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News | 24 February 2026

Labour Court refuses to enforce school principal’s reinstatement

Judge finds no “exceptional circumstances” to justify Wesley Neumann’s immediate return to Heathfield High

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News | 24 February 2026

Damning probe into Home Affairs names “Prophet” Bushiri

Corrupt officials made millions selling permanent residency permits

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News | 23 February 2026

Municipality changes tune after video shows Ensure guards beating man

For months, the Denis Hurley Centre has been alerting officials to complaints about the security company

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News | 23 February 2026

Ambulance service accuses minister of slander

KZN MEC for Transport Siboniso Duma ordered to show why a final interdict should not be granted against him

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Law | 23 February 2026

Residents scrounge for water in Dannhauser

Municipality has only five water trucks for 19 wards

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Brief | 23 February 2026