VIDEO Coalface of Delivery: Safety & Security
As South Africans prepare for municipal elections, communities continue to be plagued by a range a of issues. This series…
Category: Social
The MyCandidate App: Know Who Wants Your Vote
To find out who’s contesting in your ward has just been made easier. A collaboration between OpenUp and Open Cities…
Peoples’ Parliament – Lotus River
Recorded on-site from the streets of Lotus River, which have had a long battle for basic services. Among them properties…
Islam, Culture and Religion
Within the context of sociology, the concept of culture designates the set of activities, beliefs, and practices that are shared…
VIDEO Coalface of Delivery: Service Delivery
As South Africans prepare for municipal elections, communities continue to be plagued by a range a of issues. This series…
Promises & Politics: CIP, NFP, BLF
The public transport system in Cape Town is struggling. The train service is unreliable and is being targeted by vandals…
Corruption Suspected to be Behind Load Shedding – Zwelinzima Vavi
Eskom’s latest energy crisis is being engineered. That’s according to the general secretary of the South African Federation of Trade…
De Kock Says “Sorry” for not Taking the Knee
South African cricketer Quinton de Kock has apologised to his teammates and fans for refusing to take the knee and…
Load Shedding: A Dark Week for SA
Stage 4 load shedding has been implemented due to what Eskom claims is a further shortage of generation capacity. Thereafter…
VIDEO Coalface of Delivery: Housing Crisis
A looking at the housing delivery challenges and realities in the City of Cape Town. Watch out for the rest…
Promises & Politics: UPROPSA, OHM, USA, The Greens
It’s believed that the building of a green economy will not only aid in the protection of the environment for…
Odds Stacked Against Independent Candidates
The number of independent candidates contesting the local government elections this year has grown, however there is concern that they…
High Cost of PCR Tests Affects SA’s Covid Management
Covid PCR testing is being scrutinised. This after South Africa’s competition authority is ridiculing the price of Covid PCR testing,…
Independent Candidate: Hanif Loonat
Independent Candidates are on the rise in this local government elections. Hanif Loonat is running for Ward 60 as he…
Is Political Diversity Killing Democracy?
How different would Cape Town’s political landscape be after the municipal elections? For the first time since the advent of…
Where Did Political Parties Go Wrong in their Election Campaigns?
Are political parties missing the plot in their election campaigns? Due to the short notice of the election day announcement…
Mazibuko: The DA Doesn’t Understand SA’s Oppressive History
White privilege and racism in politics have struck again. In the latest saga, radio personality Gareth Cliff came drew criticism…
Battle For Cape Town: DA, ANC, ACDP, Good, CCC
Decent housing remains a serious concern for poor and working-class communities in Cape Town. The delivery of affordable housing has…
Peoples’ Parliament – Delft
Communities are turned to for votes, but once representatives get to parliament or the provincial legislature, the people are easily…
Promises & Politics – PAC, UDM, Land Party, EFF
Those that contribute to the informal economy in Cape Town often feel that they are left on the margins and…