Zindzi Mandela, And The Limits On Black Pain
Far from scrambling to silence the ambassador’s comments on land, the government should be wondering why it is allowing itself to be led by...
Film about the recent fire in Langa
A fire in the Joe Slovo informal settlement broke out on the 16th of April 2022. The massive blaze took close to six hours...
Marievale: Home Of Community Leader Bombed
After midnight on Wednesday, a petrol bomb was thrown onto the roof of Marievale community leader and former South African National Defence Force (SANDF)...
Ex-Marievale residents’ shacks demolished while trying to build them
The Marievale community have been terrorised by SANDF soldiers since they were evicted from their homes in November last year. Now they are being...
Maimane: Land Expropriation Fight Is Going To Court
The fight over the amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution will be taken to court, Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane said at the...
Young People Are Disillusioned By Mandela’s Pan-Africanism
Most young people do not believe former South African president Nelson Mandela was a Pan-Africanist. On the contrary, the youth are quite disillusioned about...
Here’s why we need to give zama-zamas mining permits
In August, informal miners marched on the department of mineral resources (DMR) in Pretoria to demand the legalisation of small-scale mining and a moratorium...
7 African countries going to the polls in 2023
Politically there is always something happening on the African continent and this year is no different. There are several general, parliamentary and presidential elections...
The Amazon Development might bring jobs while carting away biodiversity
The proposed multi-billion rand deal Amazon struck with the City of Cape Town is heading to court. Court papers have been filed by lobby...
“Tawedes” to an origin language as South Africa gets its first...
Some people may consider KhoiKhoi a forgotten language - but in reality, it’s used across South Africa every day. Words like dagga (“cannabis”), and...
Farming communities are the last priority for politicians
Ubuntu Rural Women and Youth movement is a non-profit organisation working in farming communities of the Western Cape. The organisation focuses on improving the...
The other water crisis: Eastern Cape is in serious danger
The Cape water crisis has shaken South Africa. The reality that easy access to clean running water will soon be stripped from one of...
The resistance to the River Club development, explained
In January 2022, the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoi Indigenous Traditional Council (GKKITC) and the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) were in court. They had sought an...
“There is something sick in the area”
Mpho Tshele is a 61-year-old grandmother living in Snake Park, in the heart of Soweto. She looks after her 11-old-grandson, Koketso, who suffers from...
“We are calm” – Camps Bay housing activists speak out on...
The We See You Collective took up occupation in a Camps Bay mansion on 22 September.
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The host believed they would be staying for two...
The City of Cape Town passed the Unlawful Occupation by-law
The City of Cape town’s draft Unlawful Occupation by-law passed on September 29. It also updated and passed the Streets, Public Places and Prevention...
The EFF: A Radical Bid For State Power
It’s difficult to believe that the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) was only formed in 2013. In just six years, the party has established itself...
Joburg High Court grants interdict preventing SANDF from evicting Marievale residents
Residents from the Marievale community were granted an urgent interim interdict to prevent the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) from evicting them from...
Protester killed as allegations of police brutality mark #HoutBayProtest
Residents say protester was shot in the head, at close range, with live ammunition during Monday's protest.
What exactly is ‘spatial apartheid’ and why is it still relevant?
For the past few months, the Reclaim the City campaign has been drawing attention to economic segregation and gentrification in the City of Cape...
