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Delft

Resilience amidst scarcity: women, food insecurity, and the fight for dignity and rights

South Africa

Resilience amidst scarcity: women, food insecurity, and the fight for dignity and rights

By Naledi Sikhakhane

Social development minister reaches out and promises to attend to a desperate community’s problems

Maverick News

Social development minister reaches out and promises to attend to a desperate community’s problems

By Suné Payne

'Hugely traumatised' social workers in Cape Town targeted in protection racket

South Africa

'Hugely traumatised' social workers in Cape Town targeted in protection racket

By Matthew Hirsch

Delft Police Station — no holding cells, no photocopier, #1 for murders in South Africa

South Africa

Delft Police Station — no holding cells, no photocopier, #1 for murders in South Africa

By Velani Ludidi

Extreme inspiration — meet the award-winning locals tackling crime in Delft, SA’s murder capital

South Africa

Extreme inspiration — meet the award-winning locals tackling crime in Delft, SA’s murder capital

By Suné Payne and Chuma Nontsele

City of Cape Town to restart massive housing project stalled by extortion and murder

South Africa

City of Cape Town to restart massive housing project stalled by extortion and murder

By Suné Payne

Beacon of hope for young children rises from ravages of gangland in Cape Town

Our Burning Planet

Beacon of hope for young children rises from ravages of gangland in Cape Town

By Angus Begg

City of Cape Town pleads for ‘highly skilled’ police help, boosts reward to R1m in war on construction ‘mafias’

South Africa

City of Cape Town pleads for ‘highly skilled’ police help, boosts reward to R1m in war on construction ‘mafias’

By Vincent Cruywagen

Police hunt construction mafia killers after bullets fly at a Cape Flats building site

South Africa

Police hunt construction mafia killers after bullets fly at a Cape Flats building site

By Vincent Cruywagen

Cape Town housing project killing – mayor urges speedy arrest of ‘thugs’ and offers R100 000 reward

Maverick News

Cape Town housing project killing – mayor urges speedy arrest of ‘thugs’ and offers R100 000 reward

By Vincent Cruywagen

Age of extortion - Gunmen kill security guard, wound another in latest attack on Cape Town housing project

Maverick News

Age of extortion - Gunmen kill security guard, wound another in latest attack on Cape Town housing project

By Vincent Cruywagen

Spike in declined Sassa card transactions as grant recipients battle to access funds due to ‘glitch’

Maverick Citizen

Spike in declined Sassa card transactions as grant recipients battle to access funds due to ‘glitch’

By Marecia Damons