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1.9 million Cape Town residents face high to very high air pollution risk, new UCT research reveals
More than 40% of Cape Town’s population is exposed to high or very high air pollution risk, according to a new UCT study that reveals sharp environmental inequalities across the…
There’s something in the water. Khayelitsha’s kids want you to see it
When a group of learners headed out with their cameras to document infectious disease in the time of climate change, many came back with what they see every day — dangerous,…
Unequal spending shows that the City of Cape Town is not pro-poor
When the municipality allocates its budget, it spends proportionally far more on the rich than the poor areas
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Abalimi Bezekhaya – The basket of food that keeps on giving in Khayelitsha
ANC’s toughest January 8 statement yet as GNU discord hogs the spotlight
The ANC and DA trade jabs as the former prepares to deliver its annual address, with coalition politics under scrutiny
Waste, food and power: How hospitals fuel climate change
Almost 5% of the world’s carbon emissions come from the healthcare sector. Rethinking how hospitals run can get this down. But healthcare workers say regulations stop them from…
Eskom withdraws from Cape Town informal settlement after second attack
On Monday, a security vehicle escorting the power utility’s workers into the area was hijacked
Safety MEC blames a lack of police resources for shootings in Khayelitsha
Eight people have been killed in three incidents in the Cape Flats township over the weekend
New radio station making magic in Khayelitsha
From a tiny storeroom in the township, a dedicated team has overcome the odds to launch KisimaRadio
Khayelitsha families want asbestos roofing removed
Residents march to parliament to insist they be given the title deeds to their homes and that the government reactivate a project to replace the roofs
For Cape Town – with love and squalor
Political rhetoric can’t plaster over the city’s divides and rewrite its haunted past
Data shows that service delivery protests will increase, intensify in 2023
Electricity was the biggest cause and driver of service delivery protests in 2022
Khayelitsha mass killings: Retaliation attacks ended in multiple murders
The case of alleged kingpin Yanga Nyalara and his co-accused is set for pre-trial in the Western Cape high court in March 2023
State given more time to finalise indictment in Khayelitsha mass murder case
They are charged with 12 counts of murder, five counts of attempted murder, several counts of illegal possession of firearms and the illegal possession of ammunition
‘Myths’ are keeping township residents from sterilising pets
The Mdzananda Animal Clinic in Khayelitsha wants to increase the number of pets getting sterilised to curb overpopulation