Articles by Liezl Human

Fishing communities fear their livelihoods are threatened by Karpowership plan

Gas energy generation licences approved despite environmental concerns

Cape Town’s orchestra performs first live concert since pandemic — for Groote Schuur’s health workers

Social grant offices have been closed over the past year, leaving recipients to foot the bill

Grant beneficiaries have to wait for hours in long queues, and spend more of their grants on travelling

Water tests show dangerous levels of bacteria in Zandvlei, Zeekoevlei, and Rietvlei

Months after vleis closed, City makes results public

Hanover Park residents fed up waiting for title deeds

Newfields Village families frustrated with Cape Town Community Housing Company’s “wheels turning slowly”

6,000 people sign petition demanding City of Cape Town comes clean on water quality

Three vleis are still closed to the public because of sewage spills

Many sex workers are battling to get vaccinated

Those who do not have identity documents cannot be registered on the government’s computer system

Auditor-General declines request to investigate irregular Lottery grants

Cape minstrel organisation needs an audit, says former MP

R350-a-month Covid grant is too low, say speakers at Women on Farms meeting

“If I could, I would rather work”

Some people haven’t received their disability grants since the start of the year

Frustrated temporary disability grant beneficiaries say SASSA offices are not coping

“We don’t want handouts. We want land”

Western Cape farm workers picket outside parliament

Taxis return to “normal” on Cape Town roads

Except on the contested route where negotiations between CATA and CODETA are still underway

Commuters, small businesses paying the price for Cape Town’s taxi violence

End of taxi war in sight?

Cape Town sports clubs suspend sailing, canoeing, and rowing due to pollution

Zeekoevlei, Zandvlei and Rietvlei closed; sewage spills blamed

Return to school spoiled by Cape Town taxi war

Western Cape MEC suspends Bellville – Paarl taxi route for two months

Cape Town taxi violence: City businesses put staff up in hotels

For the safety of their staff and to keep their doors open, some businesses are accommodating employees so that they do not have to commute