South Africa|Western Cape

Murdered Cape Town taxi driver: family calls for probe

Luvuyo Vimba died after a clash with police

How government is hindering its own drug policies

A program supplying sterile injection equipment was stopped for months in Cape Town

People with disabilities demand better access to public transport

The Disability Revolution group wants the City of Cape Town to include specific measures for people with disabilities in its transport planning

Lawyer charged with attempted murder released on bail

Rael Kassel’s ex-partner fears for her safety

Gugulethu protesters demand update on new hospital

While most residents agree they desperately need a new hospital, some don’t want to lose a popular sports field

Patients cross river and bush to get to nearest clinic

Eastern Cape Department of Health says there’s no budget to build a clinic for residents of Sicweza village just outside Flagstaff

Castle occupiers removed

The group had been living on the grounds since 2020 but the high court recently granted an order to evict them

Cape Town is losing its trees

As global temperature records continue to be broken, cities need to move fast to protect residents from heat stress. Planting trees seems the simplest solution

Stones thrown at trains in Cape Town

Metrorail says 16 trains have been taken out of service for repairs

No lifeline for teachers as Godongwana warns of “difficult trade-offs”

“Budget cuts kill education” protesters tell Minister of Finance

Cape Town City Council votes to release land for affordable housing

On Wednesday the City gave the green light for the release of land in Brackenfell, Wesfleur and Belhar

Bedsores and maggots: Ikamva Labantu’s shocking findings on elder abuse

Research report released into neglect and abuse of older people in Cape Town’s poor communities

Ivaldo Macamo lost his leg when the George building collapsed. He is still waiting for compensation

Not one of the families we spoke to has received any payout

Parliament debates report on Thabo Bester’s prison escape

“There’s public expectation that the parliamentary process we started in the previous term will be concluded,” says MP

Disability grant applicant collapses: SASSA responds to our story

African Penguins now officially “critically endangered”

The bird is facing rapid population decline from competition with commercial fisheries and climate-mediated shifts in prey populations