Cape Town refugee sites to stay open longer after Home Affairs backtrack
Home Affairs warned the refugees to accept offers of assistance by the UNHCR or leave the sites, but the department has not enforced the demand
Brief | 3 May 2021
Nelson Mandela Bay residents blame years of neglected leaks for dry dams
Kouga dam predicted to run dry in July. Other dams to follow soon after
Photo Essay | 3 May 2021
Kariega shack dwellers stop electrification project
Informal settlement residents are demanding their homes get electricity first
Brief | 3 May 2021
GroundUp takes lawyers’ council to court
Incompetent LPC decision has given the green light to lawyers who wish to commit fraud
GroundView | 3 May 2021
Long queues at post offices as activists picket for Covid-19 grant extension
”I do not even have money to go back home if I don’t get paid today. I am hungry” says hopeful beneficiary
By Liezl Human, Kimberly Mutandiro, Masego Mafata and Loyiso Dyongman
News | 30 April 2021
Cape Town firefighters fear they will be fired
City says it is trying to resolve the matter and has made no such decision
News | 30 April 2021
Gay refugees denied asylum by Home Affairs bigotry - report
Organisations analysed letters denying LGBTI applicants refugee status
News | 30 April 2021
Life after a devastating fire in Cato Manor’s Marikana
The informal settlement is home to about 6,000 people
Photo Essay | 30 April 2021