Equal Education say underfunding will cause even more overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and learners going without meals
26 February 2021
Independent Police Investigative Directorate considering an investigation
22 February 2021
The extension of the R350 grant has been welcomed but it is insufficient, say civic organisations
15 February 2021
Food vendors, car guards and surf shops back in business
2 February 2021
Desperate rush to collect grants as deadline looms
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik, Mkhuseli Sizani, Thamsanqa Mbovane, Masego Mafata, Lloyd Dyongman and Marecia Damons
29 January 2021
Shifting donor priorities put library initiative at risk
14 December 2020
Social grant applicants spend the night huddled together outside in the hope of being helped
8 December 2020
Wesley Neumann’s disciplinary hearing starts
3 December 2020
Department of Basic Education will miss its deadline for minimum standards in schools yet again
27 November 2020
Twenty women from communities across the city have been nominated for awards
25 November 2020
Tafelsig CAN provides meals three times a day to hundreds of families in Mitchells Plain and Philippi
18 November 2020
The group says the area “reeks of defecation and urine”
17 November 2020
Evictees say they were out of options
12 November 2020
There is a a decades-long battle over Boschendal housing
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
6 November 2020
But the current surge is not nearly as bad as July
29 October 2020
Members of Equal Education picketed outside Parliament on Wednesday
28 October 2020