Community careworkers continue to work without personal protective equipment
Even as public healthcare teeters on a precipice, healthcare workers are not issued with adequate gloves and masks to perform their duties safely.
Khayelitsha
Residents without water plead for re-connection
A group of residents and activists picketed outside Khayelitsha Training Centre on Tuesday demanding that the City of Cape Town re-connects their water so that they maintain best hygiene practice as it is one of the means to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Shoprite in Khayelitsha Mall goes up in flames
A small business owner at the Khayelitsha Mall says that the fire that engulfed Shoprite stores on Tuesday was like a final nail in the coffin for small businesses at the mall.
Public transport woes continue to affect Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain residents
Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain residents will have to put up with limited public transport for a long time to come.
Careworkers in Khayelitsha march for better working conditions
About 300 community careworkers marched from Day Hospital in Site B Khayeltisha to the health district offices demanding better working conditions.
Station vendors suffering due to railway suspension
Vendors that trade at central line stations say that the suspension of the railway service has negatively affected them.
SAPS is failing survivors of domestic violence – report
A report from the Western Cape Department of Community Safety paints a bleak picture of how the police in the province are dealing with domestic violence.
Gender-based violence in Khayelitsha becoming more violent
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence seems way too little concern about the war on women.
Women in informal settlements complain of dirty and unsafe toilets
The Water Services Act 108 of 1997 provides for the right to a basic water supply and sanitation service but the lived experiences of women in informal settlements of Khayelitsha tell how just using the toilet can be dangerous.
#TotalShutDown protest highlights gender-based violence and poor policing
The #TotalShutDown protest in Cape Town blocked roads a year after first attempting to stop traffic to highlight violence in communities, poor policing and a lack of service delivery.
‘No plan to provide services’ to Azania Square
While the upgrading of informal settlements programme is government policy to tackle their developmental challenges, the City of Cape Town says that it will not provide services to the new settlement.
Transport Minister promises to meet with rail activists and fix the trains
The transport minister and his deputy got stuck on a train in what looked like a public relations stunt.
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