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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…
Mentorship, masculinity and change: A township programme rewriting boys’ futures
A Cape Town NGO, Heroes Academy, is using mentorship, socio-emotional learning and life skills to reshape boys’ understanding of masculinity and help prevent gender-based…
Revitalising communities through urban green zones – the key principles of transformation
Collaborative efforts enhance sustainability, impact and long-term viability, fostering a sense of collective responsibility and investment in community development
Freedom Day in Philippi: Gunshots, robberies and piles of rubbish
You leave your house at your own risk in the Cape Flats township. Motorists are a target, especially visitors. Gunshots are an everyday occurrence
City planners, street vendors and spaza shops could help keep South Africans fed. Here’s how
Local governments back many projects where people can grow vegetables in urban areas, but researchers say that it’s not enough to curb hunger
Mandisa Makubalo: Being a woman is a strength in business
The businesswoman travels the world, from the comfort of her office
Nurture the formidable entrepreneurial spirit of SA’s township women
Many don’t have a formal education or business literacy but they support their families and create opportunities for others
Security beefed up at Philippi school where teacher was killed
‘He was like a loving father,’ says community member of murdered teacher in Philippi, Western Cape
Cape Flats gangsters, children die in fight over turf
Extortion rackets are part of a corrupt system that includes religious leaders, councillors, police and syndicates
Somali spaza shop owners take up arms
In just five years 700 Somalis have been killed in South Africa, with few if any legal repercussions
Symphony Way – the road that bridges fury and hope
Tired of being treated like "dogs", residents of the Cape township of Philippi have taken their anger out on one another.
Pupils Speak Out: ‘They called us the ‘K’ word and told us to go back to the township’
Philippi High School pupils give their account of events on March 6, when police with stun grenades repelled them from the WC education department.
What the law has to say about evictions
The recent spate of evictions in the Western Cape must make the right to housing ring hollow for those left homeless, writes Sandra Liebenberg.
Law enforcement bounces around blame for Philippi evictions
The SAPS and City of Cape Town law enforcers have accused each other of carrying out the demolition of shacks in Philippi East. GroundUp reports.
Cops beat, humiliate evicted shack dwellers
Shack dwellers in Philippi East’s "Marikana" settlement were evicted on Monday by the City of Cape Town’s Anti-Land Invasion Unit. GroundUp reports.