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At least 18 shacks were destroyed and over 48 people were left destitute when another shack fire broke out at DT section in Taiwan informal settlement, Site C on Saturday 15 February.

On a rainy night in Cape Town Brandon Manzoni lay on a cold stoep, soaked and exhausted. It was his lowest point after four years of homelessness, four years of sleeping under bridges, searching for safe places and feeling invisible…

Let us put Samora Machel in our prayers. That area is a disaster, and it is becoming worse daily.

“We are left stranded and desperate for answers.” This is a common sentiment expressed by dozens of students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s (CPUT) District Six campus, amid an ongoing accommodation crisis.

Staff and learners were over the moon when the Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube and Our Shoes Organisation donated 500 pairs of formal and sports shoes at three schools on Monday 17 February.

Some concerned parents who have children studying at Sinako High School in Makhaza are worried about the state of the school, saying it may affect their children and their studies.

Hundreds of young people from Ward 38 in KTC and the surrounding communities gathered at a local community hall for a Green Rider training programme, which gives underprivileged youth a chance to become entrepreneurs.

Prasa, Metrorail Western Cape regrets to inform commuters of a temporary suspension of services from Cape Town to Nolungile due to an electrical fault that affected the overhead wires on Monday (10 February) afternoon.

Hostel fire victims at Special Quarters in Langa are thrilled by the City’s refurbishing of their homes after they had been damaged during a fire, a month ago.