Residents of TR section say they have to deal with maggots and faeces smell everywhere ever since the cleaning and collecting of buckets was suspended in October due to extortion gangs.
Many residents of Siyakhana have fled their homes for fear of their lives. On Wednesday night, several homes were petrol bombed by ‘maphara’.
Two cases of sexual assault involving three EFFSC leaders at UWC provoked students to march against gender-based violence on campus.
Cape Town has not been able to find contractors willing to risk involvement in its construction projects in Delft.
Despite being badly affected by taxi related violence that prevented them from attending school, Khayelitsha matriculants are confident that they will succeed in their final exams.
Mandela Park Backyarders are adamant that the housing project should benefit their community while the City of Cape Town insists units will be allocated according to the housing waiting list.
Gugulethu residents say they are not hopeful that police interventions will stem the wave of criminal violence in the township.
Goedverwatch community tell of bad service delivery from the Moravian Church of South Africa.
A report by the Children’s Institute says that the rate of teenage pregnancy is linked to gender inequality, a lack of sex education and poor reproductive health services.
Extortion is a trending crime that has impacted construction projects nationally. Cape Town is beefing up security and offering rewards for tip-offs.
Poor attendance on the first day of school was caused by a water outage in Khayelitsha.
Demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine were held today, 11 October, in major cities in South Africa.
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