Cape Town passes Unlawful Occupations by-law, despite protest
Activists warn that it criminalises people who need houses
By Liezl Human
News | 29 September 2021
Murder charges dropped against activists after six months in prison
Abahlali BaseMjondolo says police and politicians are trying to silence them
Brief | 29 September 2021
Failed RDP project leaves 71 households with toilet buildings but no houses
Eastern Cape government departments pass the buck and kill the project in bureaucracy
News | 29 September 2021
“I don’t want to sit in this hellish country any more”
Refugees who have returned to their communities after long protest in Cape Town still want to leave South Africa
News | 29 September 2021
Philanthropic trust’s attempt to evict crèche backfires in court
Judges say Mzamomhle Foundation Trust should be investigated over allegations of fraud and for misrepresentation
Law | 29 September 2021
Don’t close our little school, parents tell Eastern Cape education department
Department says the Addo school is no longer viable and plans to move the 30 learners to surrounding schools
Brief | 29 September 2021
13-year-old drowns on Makhanda construction site
Residents accuse municipality of negligence after Asanele Qomfo lost his life swimming in water from a damaged pipe
Brief | 28 September 2021
We are living in sewage, say Khayelitsha protesters
Residents block roads, complaining of blocked drains
News | 28 September 2021
Nick Hudson opposes SA’s vaccination plan. What he hasn’t said is that his company makes alternative medicines
Hudson is a director of a company called Brenn-O-Kem that manufactures “nutraceuticals”
By James Stent
News | 28 September 2021