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The young and the rentless: Inside Camps Bay’s “hijacked” mansion

National Lester Kiewit - 23 Sep 2020

An activist art collective is refusing to leave a luxury holiday home, claiming their protest is to highlight landlessness and growing inequality in Cape Town

Koeberg could power on to 2044

Business Lester Kiewit - 28 Aug 2020

After three decades’ use, South Africa’s only nuclear power plant could see its lifespan extended by 20 years — despite objections

Extract from ‘Mermaid Fillet: A Noir Crime Novel’ by Mia Arderne

Friday Mia Arderne - 18 Aug 2020

This extract from Mia Arderne’s debut work of fiction, ‘Mermaid Fillet: A Noir Crime Novel’ introduces readers to Uncle ‘M16-in-your-bek’

Covid plateau in Western Cape carries ‘be vigilant’ warning

Coronavirus Lester Kiewit - 4 Aug 2020

The province has reported a drop in new infections, especially in densely populated areas such as Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, Gugulethu, Nyanga and Manenberg.

Wet worries for Cape Town’s poorest a perennial issue

National Lester Kiewit - 22 Jul 2020

A fortnight after an early winter downpour, a recently established informal settlement comes to terms with the Cape’s hydromorphology of seasonal floodplains.

Back in time to meals on wheels

Coronavirus Lester Kiewit - 9 Jul 2020

Cape Town’s oldest roadhouse is hoping to make a comeback during the coronavirus lockdown. Nostalgia is the biggest seller

Cape Town learners identify as coloured; the curriculum and teachers say they’re Biko black

Education Natasha Robinson - 27 Jun 2020

The teenagers, who clearly understood that race is fluid – some even changed their identity – felt shunned. If race is socially constructed, they should not be ignored.

Pressure to remove colonial relics grows

National Lester Kiewit - 18 Jun 2020

This week, the Black People’s National Crisis Committee (BPNCC) said it would intensify protest if activists are not listened to.

SA activist seeks asylum in Ireland

National Lester Kiewit - 18 Jun 2020

Former Khayelitsha resident Bulelani Mfaco is leading a campaign for the protection of refugee rights in that country

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Corporate bullying in fight over Xolobeni mining

National Musawenkosi Cabe - 15 Jun 2020

Activists argue that the Australian company suing them is using the courts to silence criticism and so abusing the legal system. The law should change to stop these types of suits

Councils skint but officials get pay rise

Politics Paddy Harper - 11 Jun 2020

The president and Cabinet dropped their salaries and rejected a hike, but councillors take 4% more

Covid concerns have call centres closing doors — and opening new ones

Business Lester Kiewit - 10 Jun 2020

The sector employs 60 000 people in the Western Cape alone. Whereas some centres have cut staff, others are reskilling and preparing for a different future

District Six hero dies before seeing his dream of return fulfilled

National Lester Kiewit - 8 Jun 2020

A key figure in the return of more than 1 000 claimants to Cape Town’s inner city, Shahied Ajam was working on a multi-billion rand land restitution project

Virus spreads like fire in the Cape

Coronavirus M&G Data Desk, Lester Kiewit & Sarah Smit - 4 Jun 2020

The Western province, which has 65% of all positive Covid-19 cases, is preparing additional health facilities for a July peak

Historic tobacconist decides to quit

Coronavirus Lester Kiewit - 4 Jun 2020

The Cape Town institution, which has traded from the same location for 200 years, has been forced from its premises because of being unable to sell tobacco during the lockdown

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special reports - 23 Sep 2020

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