10+ hour ago  (492+ words) Roos Lesshope, 73, in Alra Park Extension 2, says she is tired of living in a shack since 1992, and having to deal with a leaking roof and having to go and fetch water from outside. Her home stands in between completed RDP…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (762+ words) Rachel Moraki has lived in a backyard dwelling in Ravensmead, Cape Town, for 31 years. She raised her children here and now her grandchildren too. The 59-year-old grandmother, who says she applied for a house 26 years ago, says her family is…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (558+ words) Activists attending the screening of a new documentary on the food system, What Feeds Us, have called for urgent action to solve food insecurity in South Africa. The screening in Cape Town on Friday came days after the South African…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (682+ words) Our chart this week looks at how the hotly debated N2 Edge wall project stacks up against some of the City of Cape Town's other planned infrastructure projects over the next three years. According to the municipality's adjusted 2025/26 budget, which includes…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (395+ words) The Western Cape government's three large-scale affordable housing projects in the Cape Town inner city are inching forward, though construction has yet to begin at any of the sites. On Wednesday, Premier Alan Winde, Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and infrastructure MEC…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (287+ words) Dozens of Algoa Bus Company drivers in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality protested outside the company's offices in Kosten, Gqeberha, on Tuesday morning. Their main complaint was that drivers were disciplined for not checking whether all passengers pay for using the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (420+ words) Commuters traveling to work and school from Nyanga and surrounding areas were left stranded at taxi ranks on Monday morning after taxi operators suspended services over safety concerns. This follows the torching of nine taxis last week, and comes nearly…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (448+ words) The night sky above Carnarvon awash with stars, with the Milky Way clearly visible to the naked eye. The small Karoo town of Carnarvon is a haven for stargazers. Located in a sparsely populated corner of the Northern Cape with…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (417+ words) More than 80 learners in farming communities around Enon and Bersheba, Eastern Cape, have no choice but to hitchhike to school every day. We met dozens of learners at an informal stop on the dusty road to Moses Mabida Secondary School,…...

4+ week, 5+ hour ago  (395+ words) Small-scale fishers around the country are breathing a sigh of relief after an announcement on Thursday that linefish quotas will increase and the crayfish season will be extended. Fishing cooperatives had addressed Parliament in February to appeal the Department of…...