Out of the rough, soaring like eagles: The Mitchells Plain Golf Club story
A golf club without a golf course is defying the odds to produce future stars from an unlikely place
Mitchells Plain
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 doing this
‘Station Strangler’ due to be freed after 28 years in jail
Norman Simons was charged with 22 murders but only convicted of kidnapping and killing a 10-year-old in Mitchells Plain
Simons says School in a Box helps him get top marks
The School in a Box device allows children to learn in a fun way even if they don’t have internet or electricity
Meet the young activist from Mitchells Plain who’s fighting for a greener world
Climate activist Lisakhanya Mathiso, 18, from Tafesig uses dance to educate people in her community about the climate crisis
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.
Food aid roll out sees drop in looting
Residents and police say criminals are behind attacks on Cape stores and delivery trucks
‘Frustrated’ police resort to force
Regulation uncertainty leaves slap-happy police and soldiers to decide when people should or shouldn’t be allowed on the streets
Passion for classics runs deep
‘Some day if I’m a millionaire I’ll still be driving a Datsun’
Military intervention is not a crime-fighting solution
Moving towards militarised policing in South Africa could prove to be a deadly mistake
‘Accidental’ author climbs bestseller list
Yusuf Daniels, a former auctioneer, describes himself as someone who became an author by mistake
DA accuses ANC of instigating Western Cape land protests
Communities in Parkwood, Vrygrond, Ocean View and Mitchell’s Plein have occupied vacant land in protest against the lack of housing in the province
City of Cape Town pushes for “zero tolerance” on land protests
A priority committee is set to be established within the SAPS to deal with land protests after city officials requested more action
Three killed in Cape gang shooting
Two teenagers are among those killed in a shooting over the weekend during gang violence in Mitchells Plain.
For the common good: Old struggles in a new style
Analysts are divided over whether social protest will fare better with help from the middle class.
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Court postpones Zille case
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.