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Bunny chow to the rescue: Pastor Burt Elliot and facilitator Uzusiphe Nkuzo help run the Gang Intervention and Prevention Programme at Ubuntu4All in Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay, Cape Town. (David Harrison/M&G)

How a rock and bunny chow changed the lives of young gang members

An ex-gang member tells how his life was turned around when a pastor intervened in the violence that was devastating his community

The site of the demolished structure the day after the violence.

Demolition of hope in Hangberg

The City of Cape Town in June twice knocked down structures on land allocated for other purposes. The city says these were not evictions; residents ask why no police are…

Hout Bay’s marine environment is threatened by pharmaceutical and personal care product compounds that have accumulated in marine life, even kilometres from pollution sources, University of Cape Town researchers have found.

Cape Town icon mothballed by extended Covid lockdown

With no tourists or boats coming in, Hout Bay’s famous wharf is unable to stay afloat

AC Unpacked participants have lunch at Veld and Sea in Cape Point(Supplied)

Don’t let the botanicals go to your head

A well-tailored punt gets a pleb out of Brixton in Johannesburg and shows him the sights, smells and tastes of the various larney silos in Cape Town

Public Order Police shoot rubber bullets

IPID to investigate shooting of teenage boy

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has confirmed that it is investigating the shooting of 14-year-old Ona Dubula by police.

Hout Bay’s marine environment is threatened by pharmaceutical and personal care product compounds that have accumulated in marine life, even kilometres from pollution sources, University of Cape Town researchers have found.

Hout Bay: Hartley’s racism and the way it speaks about land

Public outrage against racists might land them in court with sanctions, but it does little to address wider structural issues.

Abalone poaching forms a major part of the informal economy in Hout Bay’s Hangberg community.

Fishing for answers at poaching’s ground zero

Behind the Cape’s illicit perlemoen trade are whole communities that rely on the income the illegal abalone fishers bring in.

Weekend getaway Tintswalo Atlantic: My howls aren’t what they seem

Herman Lategan gets quite a surprise upon arrival at Tintswalo Atlantic on the Hout Bay shoreline.

When saying sorry isn’t nearly enough

Inequality on global scale

There are many benevolent Bongos in Hout Bay. They have built crches and quality schools for children from less privileged backgrounds.

Hout Bay protesters to appear in court

A group of 56 people were expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday following violent protests in Hout Bay, police said.

Metro cops injured in Hout Bay violence

Dozens arrested in Hout Bay violence

Sixty-two people were arrested after 18 people were injured in a clash between metro police and civilians in Hout Bay on Tuesday morning.

Metro cops injured in Hout Bay violence

Metro cops injured in Hout Bay violence

Fifteen metro police officers were injured when Hout Bay residents threw stones at them as they dismantled illegal structures on Tuesday morning.

Skills shortages and unemployment bite SA

Simon Gungqa and dozens of other hopefuls stand at a busy intersection, their eyes watchful, appealing to motorists to hire them for a few hours’ casual labour in a country…