Metrorail shack dwellers moved, but to a place without toilets or water

Pictures and words: Sandiso Phaliso / GroundUp The process of moving nearly 900 families...

From local theatre to Netflix film: young Philippi actor hopes to inspire township youth

Words: Qaqamba Falithenjwa / GroundUp Picture: Supplied / GroundUp From performing in plays at the community...

Hundreds displaced by fires in informal settlements

Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers is still assisting those affected by last week’s...

Stock theft is making township farmers’ hard lives harder

‘In the last few years, I lost nine of my 15 pigs. Stealing animals...

Residents stop IEC registering voters in Philippi

Aggrieved residents of the Marikana informal settlement in Philippi East, Cape Town, chased away...

Electricity vandalism surge in Mitchells Plain and Philippi

Cape Town is grappling with an alarming surge in electricity vandalism and illegal connections....

Church blocks plan to build school in Philippi

The deadline for a Philippi church to demolish its brick structure on land earmarked...

Disability grant applicants sleep outside this SASSA office

Some disability grant applicants have resorted to sleeping outside the South African Social Security...

City of Cape Town invites public comment on Prasa’s rezoning proposal

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and its implementing agent, the Housing...

Weekend violence sees two teenagers among 10 killed in Cape Town

Ten people, including a 17-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl, were killed in separate...