Commuters fear losing their jobs after train service suspended

“Now I have to borrow [money] again for this unpredicted situation”

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Brief | 13 December 2017

City warns owner of overcrowded Maitland property

About 52 immigrants living in four small dwellings on the property, sharing one toilet

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News | 13 December 2017

Call to fix street lights after children electrocuted

Fears that other children might die from stray wires

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Brief | 12 December 2017

Metrorail’s lies

Blaming vandalism and theft for the closure of major Cape Town commuter line is disingenuous

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GroundView | 11 December 2017

Spat over Cape Town school’s swimming pool plan

City approves elite school’s proposal in midst of drought

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News | 8 December 2017

The terrible price of PRASA’s negligence and corruption

Officials flout the law on train safety

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Opinion | 8 December 2017

Metrorail’s own stats show how bad its service is

On some lines, half the scheduled trains don’t run at all

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News | 7 December 2017

Cape Town’s sluggish judges

One judge has six judgments outstanding for more than a year

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Law | 7 December 2017

Cigarettes and dagga on Metrorail trains

Officially, all trains are non-smoking, but …

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Brief | 6 December 2017

Drought: Has Cape Town planned properly for Day Zero?

There are several unanswered questions

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Analysis | 6 December 2017

Rape survivors deserve privacy in court, says Rape Crisis

Call for Khayelitsha to have a special sexual offences court

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News | 5 December 2017

What happens when people in state housing cannot pay the rent?

A look at what happened at Steenvilla, Cape Town’s largest social housing complex

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Feature | 5 December 2017

Failure of commuter rail is a crime against urban poor

“I am appealing to employers to empathise with staff who rely on rail to get to work”

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Opinion | 4 December 2017

City promises Mfuleni shack dwellers toilets and electricity in 2018

45 families in Ligwa beg to use neighbours’ toilets

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News | 1 December 2017

Police say crime, not its policies, affect the poor

Judge quotes constitution to police: it’s their duty to prevent, combat and investigate crime

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Law | 1 December 2017

Activists hold mock trial of Zuma

While there was much laughter, Brett Herron’s testimony was haunting

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News | 30 November 2017