Cape Town

Masjidul-Quds (known as Gatesville Mosque) has invited American-based Muslim preacher Nouman Ali Khan as a guest scholar for the holy month of Ramadan. This decision has been questioned by a group of concerned people. Khan, the founder…

COMMENT A search reveals that the term “police” shows up 22 times on the Democratic Alliance’s 83-page manifesto. Whilst this isn’t a fact to be immediately alarmed about, a deeper reading of this party’s stance on policing shows that…

The 2019 National Elections are going to be very interesting. The current political scene in South Africa has given rise to many alternative political voices in the run-up to the elections. One such is the Assembly of Unemployed (AoU) -…

A group of 13 people, including a pastor, a lawyer, and members of the University of Pretoria (UP) student representative council and other students are walking from Parliament to the Union Buildings to raise money for higher education. At…

Nomvuyo Ngcelwane’s book Sala Kahle District Six was first published in 1998. For the 20th anniversary of the book, publishing house Kwela Books have produced a second edition, a very interesting read which tells the story of black…

Former Democratic Alliance (DA) member and former mayor of the City of Cape Town Patricia de Lille will serve papers to the party at the Western Cape High Court on Friday to clarify her position as mayor among other things. This comes…

On Wednesday, the leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) Mmusi Maimane hosted a press conference on the City of Cape Town’s looming water crisis. Flanked by city and provincial officials, he announced that he was ‘taking political…

Tuesday, 16 August marked four years since the Marikana massacre, which was commemorated nationwide. In Cape Town, protestors from the social justice organisation Right2Know gathered outside the SABC's Sea Point offices and held a…

On Thursday, the Claremont Main Road Mosque hosted prominent journalist and author Rebecca Davis to discuss the historical treatment and state of the LGBT community in South Africa. Her talk was part of the mosque's Ramadaan programme…

Day 4 With one of the primary aims of Ramadan being an enhanced consciousness of God, I have been trying to make an active effort to actually be more aware of Him. Easiest way to do that? A minimised YouTube tab. Don’t laugh. The…

New calls for Cape Town’s local government to stop the sale of property which formerly housed two old-age homes have once again cast a spotlight on the severity of the City’s inequality. The Reclaim the City campaign and its…

JESS MOUNEIMNE says she's had to hide her Muslim identity to prospective clients in an attempt to win business - and her experience hasn't garnered the same outrage, or cash rewards as a waitress who was refused a tip by student…

If you know anything about Cape Town, you know that the minstrel parade or "Kaapse Klopse", as we prefer to call them, has become an inherent part of the city's character, commemorating a parade that took place in the mid-nineteenth…

Besides the traditional ones in Durban and Cape Town (which get crazy busy this time of year), what other beaches does South Africa have to offer this December? AAISHA DADI PATEL rounds up ten other options for your beach days. 1. Nahoon…

THE LIVE BLOG FOR 21-22 OCTOBER HAS BEEN CLOSED. PLEASE FOLLOW THE NEW LIVE BLOG FOR UPDATES ON OCTOBER 23, THE DAY #FEESMUSTFALL PROTESTS TOOK TO THE UNION BUILDINGS. 19:04, JOBURG Wits academic Danai Mupotsa has told reporter Pontsho…

“My school didn’t have a maths or physics teacher ... So I decided to learn maths and physics by myself and then teach my classmates. For matric, I obtained 100% in higher-grade maths and 98% in higher-grade physics.” The…

Asylum seekers in Cape Town are struggling to obtain documentation, because they can only apply for refugee permits in Pretoria, Durban or Musina. With no jobs and no money to make their way to these centres, incoming refugees can find…

The dice has rolled in the Mother City’s favour and, with its own regional version of Monopoly set to launch in December, Cape Town has, once again, stolen the spotlight from the rest of South Africa. FIRDAUS KHAN wonders what attractions…

Since he first began doodling on the walls of the Cape Flats, renowned South African street artist Falko has been all over the world, mapping out murals across the globe. But now he’s coming home. In a project called Once Upon a…

“We are working here to live a good life, to get a nice house. Our dream is to go back to Ethiopia one day, when we are able to. But most of the Ethiopians and the Somalis who run spaza shops – they die in their spaza shops.”…