South Africa|Western Cape

Lottery blows millions of rands on lawyers

Previous minister suggested that previous Lottery management and board colluded with law firms

Court bid to decriminalise sex work

The laws “have not deterred … the selling or buying of sex … and are not rationally capable of doing so. They merely create greater stigma and vulnerability among sex workers and violate their rights.”

Western Cape town “held to ransom” by cable theft syndicate

Repeated extended blackouts as electricity poles are cut down and cables stolen

How bureaucracy prevents people from getting houses

Supply isn’t coming close to meeting the demand for state-subsidised housing

Minister says he won’t bow to pressure on the Lottery

Relocation of Langa rail line occupiers delayed by regulations

Rezoning application to move people living next to the Central Line has taken more than a year

UCT vigil marks a year of war in Gaza

Protesters renew call for boycott

Interview: Western Cape Premier Alan Winde answers questions on social housing

Winde explains why R500-million meant for housing went unspent

Many Cape Town stations are closed to wheelchair users

And the “People’s Train” is inaccessible to many people

Rooigevaar in Saldanha: residents say red dust from Transnet’s ore terminal is staining their homes and even their dogs

But Transnet says the dust falls below legal limits

Citrusdal farmers devastated by two years of floods

But they are determined to start over and revive their vegetable gardens yet again

Housing activists welcome City’s intention to develop Mowbray golf course

For years Reclaim the City and Ndifuna Ukwazi have been calling for leased golf courses to rather be used for social housing

In photos: the Reclaim the City occupations

Open day at the old Woodstock Hospital and Helen Bowden Nurses Home in Cape Town

Cape Town museum offers a window into life as a migrant worker under apartheid

The Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum has the last preserved migrant labour hostel

New plan for inner-city housing in Cape Town

City centre should accommodate up to 50,000 people by 2040

All night protest at Western Cape Premier’s residence

Housing activists are demanding that Alan Winde engage with them