Makhuluplaas farm labour tenants forgotten since 1991

“They have been on the land the longest and they still don’t have flushing toilets”

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News | 12 July 2019

Security guards demand jobs from PE municipality

“When we go to the toilet, we shit water because our stomachs are empty”

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Brief | 12 July 2019

Parents lock principal up in primary school

“We want each classroom to have 30 kids like in white schools” says community leader

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News | 11 July 2019

Cape Town’s children seem to be getting healthier

Cases of diarrhoea and malnutrition have dropped

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News | 11 July 2019

Philippi mother: “I could hear the gunshots from church”

Bheki Cele visited the home where six women were shot dead last Friday night. Five men were also gunned down in two separate incidents on the same weekend in the area.

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News | 11 July 2019

GROUNDVIEW: Cape Town property deal needs independent investigation

Growthpoint’s explanation for Foreshore property sale is unconvincing, but the City has the hardest questions to answer

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GroundView | 11 July 2019

Government’s multi-million rand filling station stands empty for years

Qamata chief vows it will not open until municipality acknowledges local land ownership

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News | 11 July 2019

South African researchers develop quicker way to detect drug resistance

Local man develops resistance to new TB medicine despite good adherence

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Science | 10 July 2019

Police and developers blame each other for unlawful eviction

Land occupiers in Mayfield intend to bring contempt of court action

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News | 10 July 2019

“They don’t want the world to know we exist” says Olympic Park resident

Residents of an informal settlement opposite Maitland Cemetery believe the City has neglected them

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News | 10 July 2019

Home Affairs misses deadline for Cape Town refugee office, says LRC

“The non-responsiveness by Home Affairs left no room for us to engage with them”

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News | 9 July 2019

Mother’s daily battle to get her four children to school 40km away

“I want my children to get an education and not end up as waste pickers like myself,” says Zodwa Malatji

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News | 9 July 2019

Family loses three children in Philippi shootings

Sikelela, Sonwabo and Aphiwe Zwelibi were among the 11 people shot dead last weekend

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Brief | 9 July 2019

Minister hears allegations against police after 11 murdered on weekend

Residents claim police are under resourced, corrupt, in cahoots with criminals, and that the station commander hasn’t been seen since 2018.

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News | 9 July 2019

No shelters for Johannesburg’s homeless

City says 10,000 people are living on its streets, but it only funds one shelter

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News | 8 July 2019

Life in Plastic City is hard, but being an immigrant makes it worse

Mozambican immigrants and Xitsonga-speakers say they are discriminated against

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Photo Essay | 8 July 2019