Norman Simons was charged with 22 murders but only convicted of kidnapping and killing a 10-year-old in Mitchells Plain
The School in a Box device allows children to learn in a fun way even if they don’t have internet or electricity
Climate activist Lisakhanya Mathiso, 18, from Tafesig uses dance to educate people in her community about the climate crisis
A fortnight after an early winter downpour, a recently established informal settlement comes to terms with the Cape’s hydromorphology of seasonal floodplains.
Residents and police say criminals are behind attacks on Cape stores and delivery trucks
Regulation uncertainty leaves slap-happy police and soldiers to decide when people should or shouldn’t be allowed on the streets
‘Some day if I’m a millionaire I’ll still be driving a Datsun’
Moving towards militarised policing in South Africa could prove to be a deadly mistake
Yusuf Daniels, a former auctioneer, describes himself as someone who became an author by mistake
Communities in Parkwood, Vrygrond, Ocean View and Mitchell’s Plein have occupied vacant land in protest against the lack of housing in the province
A priority committee is set to be established within the SAPS to deal with land protests after city officials requested more action
Two teenagers are among those killed in a shooting over the weekend during gang violence in Mitchells Plain.
Analysts are divided over whether social protest will fare better with help from the middle class.
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/ 11 September 2007
A Mitchells Plain court on Tuesday postponed a hearing for Cape Town mayor Helen Zille and 10 others who were arrested on Sunday during a protest against drug lords in a suburb of the city. Zille made a brief appearance in a magistrate’s court to face charges that she had participated in an illegal gathering.