When the municipality allocates its budget, it spends proportionally far more on the rich than the poor areas
Abalimi Bezekhaya – The basket of food that keeps on giving in Khayelitsha
The ANC and DA trade jabs as the former prepares to deliver its annual address, with coalition politics under scrutiny
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 doing this
On Monday, a security vehicle escorting the power utility’s workers into the area was hijacked
Eight people have been killed in three incidents in the Cape Flats township over the weekend
From a tiny storeroom in the township, a dedicated team has overcome the odds to launch KisimaRadio
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
Political rhetoric can’t plaster over the city’s divides and rewrite its haunted past
Electricity was the biggest cause and driver of service delivery protests in 2022
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
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
The Mdzananda Animal Clinic in Khayelitsha wants to increase the number of pets getting sterilised to curb overpopulation
The murders are thought to be linked to extortion networks in the informal settlements and surrounding areas
The firearm believed to have been used by the sergeant in the shooting was reportedly stolen soon after the incident
Youth at schools will have the chance to discuss the problems they face on their self-managed radio channel
In a few years the township will ‘disappear’, and Khayelitsha will become a city, believes one local entrepreneur
The free online festival, opening today, projects a complex mosaic of a continent under stress
Suspects still at large following the execution-style killing of three women aged 17, 20 and 21
Three young women have been shot dead execution-style in one of Cape Town’s gang-riddled communities
Many don’t have a formal education or business literacy but they support their families and create opportunities for others
As long as there’s no political will to change policing in this country, there is not much that can be done, say civil rights activists
Extortion rackets are part of a corrupt system that includes religious leaders, councillors, police and syndicates
Several vaccination sites were forced to a standstill on Monday, with healthcare workers unable to attend work because of limited public transport
A fortnight after an early winter downpour, a recently established informal settlement comes to terms with the Cape’s hydromorphology of seasonal floodplains.
The city argues that it is not carrying out evictions, but is acting against land invasions
Four police officers are being investigated after a video of them evicting a man, who had been bathing at the time, was circulated on social media
Former Khayelitsha resident Bulelani Mfaco is leading a campaign for the protection of refugee rights in that country
Officials in Beaufort West, which is on a route that links the Cape with the rest of the country, are worried relaxed lockdown regulations mean residents are now at risk of contracting Covid-19
South Africans have an uncaring stigmatising and marginalising culture and it keeps people on the fringes of society with diminished opportunities in life
Cape Town Metro dismisses criticism that it illegally evicted people from a Khayelitsha settlement during the Covid-19 lockdown, arguing it was only demolishing unoccupied shacks
As the country prepares to go into lockdown, residents fear that they may be at a higher risk of contracting Covid-19