
Celebrating Cape Town’s queer past
Cape Town’s rich drag culture is being taken into the future by new-school queers wholly aware of the trailblazers that made it all possible.
Cape Town’s rich drag culture is being taken into the future by new-school queers wholly aware of the trailblazers that made it all possible.
Impoverished residents have sought legal advice after the Witzenberg Municipality withdrew indigent subsidies for those who refused to allow it to install water management devices.
Although it’s considered that the 26-year-old will be the first black skipper in the Cape2Rio Yacht Race, his focus is more on winning and inspiring future generations.
Despite South Africa’s progressive and protective Constitution, some gay asylum seekers feel no safer here than in the countries from which they are fleeing.
The Port Elizabeth-born singer celebrates the memory, vocal range and heart of Whitney Houston in a worldwide tribute show while remaining distinctly herself.
What started as an idea to spoil her son with breakfast has led to a Cape Town mother opening her heart, pockets and house to matric pupils, serving them meals during exam time.
A 15-year-old Nyanga pupil, who lives in a shack and goes to school in a dangerous area, has been named the best speller in the Western Cape – and the sixth best in Africa.
Thozi Mciki has a rare condition that has rendered him increasingly immobile, but he has travelled the world to find out more about FOP and raise awareness about this incurable disease.
Teenagers remain traumatised and fearful after xenophobia flared up in their schools and compromised their education.
Deep Settle Movement is a design studio in Gugulethu that makes high-quality clothing in celebration of the township’s energy, and they can’t keep up with demand for their products.
Breaking traditional Khayelitsha cuisine expectations, Nokuthula Sigaba has established Sweet n’ Lovely, the township’s first pizza joint.
Dismal working and living conditions on farms drove farm workers on to the streets of Cape Town in protest against inhumane treatment, gender discrimination and evictions.
The Klipfontein Mission Station owned by the SA Methodist Church has mostly ignored complaints of families living in the area. But some local people remain loyal to the area of their birth.
A family still seeks restitution after the apartheid state forced them off their farm and the current government used the ground for the Blikkiesdorp “temporary relocation area”.
The food historian and Cape cookery expert’s work in the kitchen since the 1980s remains a touchstone for the cultural and historical value of Cape Muslim cuisine.
The City of Cape Town has been fining people who live on the street and confiscating their belongings. But seven homeless residents, led by a woman tired of the inhumane treatment, are fighting back.
Gang members in Hanover Park use the children leaving Blomvlei Primary after school as ‘shields’ to get closer to their rivals, and gunfire is common in the afternoons.
After a fire swept through a section of Masiphumelele township near Cape Town, razing homes and leaving residents without food or shelter, Sassa failed to respond despite being mandated to do so.
Farm workers in the Western Cape winelands are still living in single-sex hostels at Oak Valley, as they were during apartheid. Now they are taking legal action.
The sound of gunshots regularly reverberates through the Cape Town suburb where gangs and residents vie for the lives of their youth.
Statistics reveal that 900 people have been killed in gang-related violence on the Cape Flats so far this year and police volunteers risk suspension by speaking out about it.