4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (498+ words) The R7.6-million Seawinds park in Overcome Heights, Cape Town, which has been stripped and used by gangsters as a “killing field”, is to be turned into housing. “A year ago, we had a gang war here in Overcome Heights. People…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (729+ words) Simpiwe Ndlovu, a Zimbabwean woman from Esigodini, near Bulawayo, was in her flat in Hillbrow in mid-August when a group of men, supporters of March and March, barged in and ordered her to leave. She was seven months pregnant. She…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (379+ words) Morning traffic was brought to a standstill in Philippi East on Wednesday when residents of Siyangena informal settlement blocked the corners of New Eisleben and Bristol roads with burning tyres. The residents are demanding electricity and services from the City…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (672+ words) Learners from Wallacedene Primary jumped over green streams of sewage along Sono Street where Henk Boshoff, commissioner at the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), was assessing sanitation services across Bloekombos and Wallacedene. It’s been a year since Boshoff visited the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (384+ words) The battle to preserve the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) wetland and the crucial Cape Flats Aquifer from mining and development was at the centre of a Cape Town Climate Week event on Thursday. Over 100 climate activists and other participants gathered…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (574+ words) By court order, occupiers of Singabalapha informal settlement along Main Road, Observatory, must vacate the area by the end of November. But they say they do not know where to go. The City of Cape Town had planned to relocate…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1053+ words) At least 100 immigrants are being held in police cells in five Western Cape towns on charges related to overstaying their visas. Some have been detained for two months. Last week, the Western Cape Coalition Against Xenophobia claimed that police had…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (495+ words) To kick off Climate Week, about 50 people joined a train trip from Cape Town Station to Khayelitsha to explore how apartheid-era spatial planning still influences where people live, how they travel and their exposure to climate-related risks. During the trip,…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (1219+ words) The City of Cape Town’s plan to build a desalination plant at Paarden Eiland has been scuttled by Transnet’s intention to expand the port. Tabling the latest Water Outlook report on 21 August, mayco member for water and sanitation Zahid Badroodien…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (363+ words) Khayelitsha parents have kept Kuyasa Primary School shut since Friday, demanding the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) fix drains which are overflowing, leaving a pool of filthy water in the school yard. When GroundUp visited the school on Monday, teachers…...