Langa centenary nothing to celebrate for hostel residents
Hostel residents in Langa say they are tired of empty promises of houses and failure to maintain the hostels by the authorities.
Lihle Krwala
Family forgives scholar transport driver in tragic accident
The horrific accident that claimed the lives of five children has put a spotlight on the issue of learner transport in the country.
Residents unimpressed by Cape Town’s preparations for floods
The city has identified 46 flood-prone informal settlements across the metro and assembled a winter task team made up of 25 city departments and external partners under the leading role of the Disaster Risk Management Centre.
CPUT shuts down after protest
Some students were still digging in their heels and refusing to vacate the university residences by 16h00 on Friday, arguing that an eviction order would be required to make them go.
Films on disability, load shedding and black hair awarded at Khayelitsha festival
Local film festival recognises local talent.
Nyanga commuters happy with resumption of train services
The partial re-opening of the central line in Cape Town has brought a collective sigh of relief from commuters.
Learners with spiritual calling ejected from schools
A calling to hear ancestral voices has got some learners suspended from school.
Late learners battle to get placed in school
The department says it is doing its best to place learners who applied late.
Unions and unemployed unite against budget austerity
The finance minister would deny in his speech that he was presenting an austerity budget, but confirmed the expectations of public sector unions and the unemployed who marched in Cape Town against budget austerity.
Taxi association lifts blockade but learners still absent from schools
Absenteeism continues in schools in Khayelitsha because of the climate of fear and uncertainty caused by the taxi associations, says the Western Cape education department.
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