Sewage flows behind the new blocks of flats, past Riverside informal settlement.

These families have no toilets, but sewage from other people’s toilets...

At the edge of the neat pavements and duplex homes of Pioneer Valley estate in Parklands North in Cape Town, fetid sewage flows into...
Police Officer Accused in Kidnap-for-Ransom and Murder Case to Appear in Court

Police Officer Accused in Kidnap-for-Ransom and Murder Case to Appear in...

A 43-year-old city law enforcement officer, Thandile Khesa, is set to appear in the Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court today in connection with a harrowing...
Fugitive Sought for Murder, Extortion, and Arson Arrested, Set to Appear in Court

Fugitive Sought for Murder, Extortion, and Arson Arrested, Set to Appear...

A 38-year-old suspect, wanted in connection with multiple serious crimes including murder, extortion, and arson, is set to appear in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court...
Cape Town Opposes Public Procurement Act, Mayor Hill-Lewis Calls It Unconstitutional

Cape Town Opposes Public Procurement Act, Mayor Hill-Lewis Calls It Unconstitutional

The City of Cape Town has taken a firm stance against the newly passed Public Procurement Act, with Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis declaring that the...
Terror in Samora Machel: Four School Pupils Gunned Down in a Month

Terror in Samora Machel: Four School Pupils Gunned Down in a...

A wave of fear has swept through the community of Samora Machel in Cape Town after four high school pupils were shot and killed...
Marchers wore black and some covered their shoulders or hair with a keffiyeh. Photo: Matthew Hirsch

Cape Town mothers in silent march for Gaza

Several hundred people, mostly women, walked in silence along the Sea Point promenade on Saturday to show solidarity with people in Gaza. They wore...
Silvertown Housing Project Delays Leave Fire Victims in Limbo

Silvertown Housing Project Delays Leave Fire Victims in Limbo

Rebuilding efforts are underway in Silvertown informal settlement after a devastating shack fire displaced 140 people last weekend. The blaze has reignited frustrations over...
A grade 10 learner was shot and killed in Samora Machel, Cape Town, on her way to school on Wednesday. This is the fourth learner killed in the area in three weeks. Photo supplied.

Four children shot dead in three weeks in Samora Machel

A 15-year-old learner at Zisukhanyo High School in Samora Machel, Cape Town, was shot dead in Ashley Kriel Street on Wednesday morning on her...
Western Cape Police Arrest Suspect with Illegal Firearm in Delft

Western Cape Police Arrest Suspect with Illegal Firearm in Delft

Members of the Western Cape police remain steadfast in their efforts to combat crime and enhance public safety, with another successful arrest made in...
Three South African Police Service members appeared in the Wynberg Regional Court on Thursday on charges of torture. Archive photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

Document goes missing in police torture case

One of the three police officers on trial for the assault of a barber during a raid at his workplace in Mowbray in 2023...
Young Farmer of the Year 2025 Announced: Francois Rossouw Champions Agriculture’s Role in Economy and Food Security

Young Farmer of the Year 2025 Announced: Francois Rossouw Champions Agriculture’s...

Thirty-year-old Francois Rossouw was named the 2025 Young Farmer of the Year for the Western Cape at a prestigious awards ceremony held in Paarl...
DairyBelle hostel in Gugulethu is home to about 300 tenants. The building is in a bad state with broken windows, stagnant water and litter strewn everywhere. The City of Cape Town says it proposed a plan to upgrade hostels like this but it needs funding. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

No money to upgrade Cape Town’s rundown hostels

Living conditions in Gugulethu’s apartheid-era hostels are appalling. Many are overcrowded and falling apart. Some receive no waste management and sanitation services from...