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Cape Town

Eastern Cape universities concerned by rising Covid cases
Education
/ 21 October 2020

Eastern Cape universities concerned by rising Covid cases

Fort Hare says 26 more students have tested positive while Walter Sisulu University says some of its students have been admitted to hospital.

By Bongekile Macupe
Cape quakes no concern for Koeberg
Business
/ 29 September 2020

Cape quakes no concern for Koeberg

Last week’s tremor has anti-nuclear campaigners questioning the safety of Koeberg, although the nuclear facility said the plant is designed to sustain a magnitude-seven earthquake

By Lester Kiewit
Car review: Shot of S-Presso lacks punch
Motoring
/ 27 September 2020

Car review: Shot of S-Presso lacks punch

Suzuki’s budget offering doesn’t do much much wrong but is not particularly memorable either

By Luke Feltham
The young and the rentless: Inside Camps Bay’s ‘hijacked’ mansion
National
/ 23 September 2020

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

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

By Lester Kiewit
Koeberg could power on to 2044
Business
/ 28 August 2020

Koeberg could power on to 2044

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

By Lester Kiewit
Extract from ‘Mermaid Fillet: A Noir Crime Novel’ by Mia Arderne
Friday
/ 18 August 2020

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

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

By Mia Arderne
Covid plateau in Western Cape carries ‘be vigilant’ warning
Coronavirus
/ 4 August 2020

Covid plateau in Western Cape carries ‘be vigilant’ warning

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

By Lester Kiewit
Wet worries for Cape Town’s poorest a perennial issue
National
/ 22 July 2020

Wet worries for Cape Town’s poorest a perennial issue

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

By Lester Kiewit
Back in time to meals on wheels
Coronavirus
/ 9 July 2020

Back in time to meals on wheels

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

By Lester Kiewit
Cape Town learners identify as coloured; the curriculum and teachers say they’re Biko black
Education
/ 27 June 2020

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

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.

By Natasha Robinson
Pressure to remove colonial relics grows
National
/ 18 June 2020

Pressure to remove colonial relics grows

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

By Lester Kiewit
SA activist seeks asylum in Ireland
National
/ 18 June 2020

SA activist seeks asylum in Ireland

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

By Lester Kiewit
Corporate bullying in fight over Xolobeni mining
National
/ 15 June 2020

Corporate bullying in fight over Xolobeni mining

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

By Musawenkosi Cabe
Councils skint but officials get pay rise
Politics
/ 11 June 2020

Councils skint but officials get pay rise

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

By Paddy Harper
Covid concerns have call centres closing doors — and opening new ones
Business
/ 10 June 2020

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

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

By Lester Kiewit
District Six hero dies before seeing his dream of return fulfilled
National
/ 8 June 2020

District Six hero dies before seeing his dream of return fulfilled

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

By Lester Kiewit
Virus spreads like fire in the Cape
Coronavirus
/ 4 June 2020

Virus spreads like fire in the Cape

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

By M&G Data Desk, Lester Kiewit and Sarah Smit
Historic tobacconist decides to quit
Coronavirus
/ 4 June 2020

Historic tobacconist decides to quit

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

By Lester Kiewit
Nurses work and care in fear of Covid
Coronavirus
/ 28 May 2020

Nurses work and care in fear of Covid

Staff at Tygerberg hospital detail how, despite their fear of the coronavirus, they continue to help in the medical response to the pandemic

By Lester Kiewit
The Strandfontein shelter touches a societal and political nerve
Coronavirus
/ 27 May 2020

The Strandfontein shelter touches a societal and political nerve

What was the City of Cape Town thinking when it decided to round up homeless people and put them in a camp?

By Jonty Cogger
Pandemic responses must ensure human rights are protected
Coronavirus
/ 20 May 2020

Pandemic responses must ensure human rights are protected

Blanket measures such as lockdowns contribute to the needs and realities of people at the margins of society being overlooked

By Finn Reygan and Ingrid Lynch
‘Those who zol’: Dangerous discourses in a time of crisis
Coronavirus
/ 15 May 2020

‘Those who zol’: Dangerous discourses in a time of crisis

Smoking out social tobacco users as unique spreaders of the coronavirus sends out the wrong messages

By Fiona Anciano, Sarah Jane Cooper-Knock, Mmeli Dube, Mfundo Majola and Boitumelo Papane
Blindness: How the Strandfontein camp was set up to fail
Coronavirus
/ 15 May 2020

Blindness: How the Strandfontein camp was set up to fail

The facility in Cape Town was about quarantining the most vulnerable — the homeless — rather than preventing Covid-19

By Jared Sacks
A full life, well lived
Opinion
/ 8 May 2020

A full life, well lived

Denis Goldberg was a forthcoming, funny, angry, brutally honest and impressive man who never stopped fighting for what he believed in

By Tymon Smith
What is this place?: The visual simulacrum of South Africa in the Covid-19 lockdown
Coronavirus
/ 8 May 2020

What is this place?: The visual simulacrum of South Africa in the Covid-19 lockdown

Why is the visual depiction of this country in centre-left international online news publications so unrecognisable?

By Zinaid Meeran
Food aid roll out sees drop in looting
Article
/ 29 April 2020

Food aid roll out sees drop in looting

Residents and police say criminals are behind attacks on Cape stores and delivery trucks

By Lester Kiewit
Covid-19 and the food industry: ‘I had a wobble last week, I was gatvol’
Article
/ 29 April 2020

Covid-19 and the food industry: ‘I had a wobble last week, I was gatvol’

Heather Van Harte, who runs a small catering business, is changing her cooking habits during the lockdown, and has plans to start a food garden

By Kwanele Sosibo and Lester Kiewit
Būjin on spitting ‘Weird Venom’
Article
/ 26 April 2020

Būjin on spitting ‘Weird Venom’

Dani Kyengo O’Neill has just released her first solo single. It’s a mantra. An anthem. A daily devotion. A queer prayer. Listen to it

By Zaza Hlalethwa
Dan Plato: Cape Town is caring for the homeless despite rampant political campaigning
Article
/ 25 April 2020

Dan Plato: Cape Town is caring for the homeless despite rampant political campaigning

We have honoured President Cyril Ramaphosa’s request to put aside politicking and wish opposition parties would do the same

By Dan Plato
Gangs profit though guns are silent
Article
/ 23 April 2020

Gangs profit though guns are silent

The lockdown has seen fewer incidents of gang violence in some dangerous Cape Town areas, but the criminal underworld is still hard at work

By Lester Kiewit
No more evictions — for now
Article
/ 23 April 2020

No more evictions — for now

But City authorities vow to stop the erection of new shacks during the national lockdown

By Paddy Harper
Refugees safe for now but what about after lockdown?
Article
/ 23 April 2020

Refugees safe for now but what about after lockdown?

The City of Cape Town has said in a statement that it is working around the clock to keep vulnerable people safe

By Lester Kiewit
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