Severe challenges for one of Cape Town's most closely contested wards
Feature | 7 June 2016
Urban pressure on Philippi can affect food prices across city
Analysis | 31 March 2016
This area will be closely contested in the Municipal elections
Feature | 1 February 2016
Many people without land are still living in the community hall following last year’s fire
News | 21 January 2016
There is a political battle underway in Philippi's Ward 33. The fight is not between opposing political parties, however, but within the ANC itself, with former ward councillor Monwabisi Mbaliswano in one corner and the present incumbent, Nico Mzalisi, in the other.
Feature | 14 January 2016
Mercia Kleinsmith has been the councillor of Ward 9, or Bellville South, since 2009. She won a by-election following the death of her husband Glen, the day after the DA won the province in April that year. Glen had been hailed in the press as the city’s “leading drugbuster”.
Steve Kretzmann
Feature | 9 December 2015
In a dimly-lit room, about 50 people wait to have proof-of-residence documents authorised by Dunoon ward councillor Lubabalo Makeleni.
Steve Kretzmann
Feature | 27 November 2015