Library vandalism hits learners hard in Philippi

Brown’s Farm library may be closed for a year

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Brief | 14 March 2024

Thousands of people still living on Cape Town’s Central Line

This is in addition to the hundreds of families in shacks who were relocated from the railway line in Philippi in December

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News | 14 March 2024

Building of new classrooms at overcrowded Dunoon school stalled

Inkwenkwezi Secondary School has more than 1,500 learners, with an average of 45 learners per class

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Brief | 12 March 2024

Malmesbury communities march against high water and electricity tariffs

“If you don’t have money to pay for water, the municipality blocks electricity” says protestor

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Brief | 11 March 2024

Wolwerivier transformed into a catwalk for International Women’s Day

Organisers hope the annual modelling event will encourage more young women from the community to follow their dreams

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Photo Essay | 11 March 2024

Blikkiesdorp community protest after years of waiting for houses

They say their structures are falling apart and the area has become unliveable

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Brief | 8 March 2024

In photos: Cape Town’s apartheid-era flats

More than R1.2-billion has been allocated over the next three years to maintain these blocks

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Photo Essay | 8 March 2024

Cape Town protection money syndicates kill people, kill livelihoods

A salon owner was shot dead on Wednesday apparently for refusing to pay protection money

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News | 7 March 2024

Police minister says he’s been working from home for four years because of “terrible” state of SAPS building

“We paid more money trying to fix that thing than we paid for buying it,” Bheki Cele tells Parliament

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News | 7 March 2024

Three people in hospital with serious burns after Dunoon shack fires

At least 200 people were left homeless after two fires at the weekend

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Brief | 5 March 2024

Yoliswa Dwane, education activist who condemned John Hlophe, is remembered at UCT event

She “dedicated her life to advancing social justice” but died “too young, too early”

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News | 4 March 2024

Cape Town Pride celebrates equality in South Africa, condemns Ghana’s new anti-gay law

“I am a proudly gay man,” city councillor Rob Quintas tells crowd

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Brief | 4 March 2024

Gugulethu school for adults abandoned by government, say residents

St Francis Community Learning Centre has to rely on illegal connection for electricity

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News | 1 March 2024

Photographing an eviction in Cape Town

I placed a GoPro on my camera to show what’s happening from a photographer’s perspective

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Video | 29 February 2024

Judges grapple with use of “ma se p…”

Court considers nuances of grammar in decision to acquit man

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Law | 29 February 2024

PRASA relocation of railway line occupiers was illegal, claims City of Cape Town

Parliament hears that City issued a contravention notice to rail agency, despite being part of relocation discussions

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News | 28 February 2024