Residents of informal settlements on Cape Town’s railways ‘live in poop’
Communities along Cape Town’s central line complain of inadequate sanitation and access to water as the plan to relocate them stalls.
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The disintegrating classrooms of King William’s Town school
Half of the school’s prefab buildings are dilapidated, with rats and bees resident and the wind passing through.
Attempts to relocate land occupiers on Cape Town railway going nowhere
Trains on Prasa’s central line in Cape Town have not run since November 2019, allowing landless people to move on to the railway. It is now unclear when rail services on the city’s busiest line will resume.
Jagersfontein community waits in vain for compensation
The Jagersfontein community say that they are worried about the snail pace to implement the recommendations of the report following the 2021 mine tailings dam collapse.
Former Enoch Mgijima Municipal Manager facing fraud and corruption charges
Zondani’s lawyer is optimistic that they will win the case while activists doubt that anything less than its dissolution will bring change to the municipality.
Enyobeni tavern owners insist they’re innocent as inquest stalls
Enyobeni tavern owner takes a swipe at the inquest into the cause of death of 21 teenagers in his establishment while the families feel frustrated by the delay.
Migrant labour and superstitions combine to make elderly women and young girls in Lusikisiki vulnerable to rape
A report by the CSVR paints a picture of how violent masculine cultures are behind Lusikisiki’s country-leading statistics on gender-based violence.
Families of Rheinmetall Denel Munition victims call for a formal inquest
While a public inquiry by the Department of Labour found that the arms company has a case to answer, the NPA has closed the book on the case.
Protect The West Coast’s victory checks Trans Hex mining
The agreement reached is a major victory in the ongoing battle to hold mining companies to account.
Parents of Enyobeni victims hope inquest will bring answers
While results of toxiciology reports have not been made public nor shared with the parents of the teenagers who died in Enyobeni Tavern, they doubt the stated cause of their death as suffocation.
Cape Town residents protest ‘unaffordable’ electricity tariff increase
Civic organisations and political parties marched against the electricity tariffs on Saturday.
Plea to transform Clareinch Post Office to a place of healing as Uyinene is remembered
The Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation, the University of Cape Town (UCT), and civil society organisations marched from Uyinene’s former residence, to the Clareinch Post Office where she was brutally murdered in 2019.
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