DOCK OF THE BAY Mother City Reverie: Seeing my old town through the eyes of a young American 9 min 1 By Tony Jackman
GROUNDUP More than 600 people left homeless after fire tears through Masiphumelele 4 min 0 By Ashraf Hendricks
Kiasha Naidoo Why Geordin Hill-Lewis’ case against rent control falls short in Cape Town’s housing debate 7 min 8 19 January 2026
GUN VIOLENCE Cape Town police hunt three known suspects in wake of shebeen mass shooting 3 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
CLASS OF 2025 Lavender Hill High School in Cape Town boosts matric pass rate by 20% in two years 6 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
SKINS IN THE GAME OP-ED Freezing water, a merciless sun, jellyfish and sharks — the enduring Robben Island swim challenge 4 min 0 By Eddy Cassar
GQEBERHA ‘HIT’ A year later, no arrests for the killing of Muhsin Hendricks, SA's first openly gay imam 5 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
GROUNDUP Sewerage maintenance, relocation of Khayelitsha families delayed after vandalism of temporary housing 4 min 0 By Vincent Lali for GroundUp
PEOPLE OF THE YEAR 2025 ‘Milestones upon milestones’: Yumna Alexander gives many a second chance at matric 3 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
ESCAPE Where to next? The future of travel is all about hushpitality 5 min 0 By Bridget Hilton-Barber
STATE OF OUR BEACHES Blue skies, clean seas: most SA beaches are ready for the summer rush, but some are not easy to gauge 19 min 0 By Kiara Wales, Reid Donson, Hannah Abrahams, Tamsin Metelerkamp, Tony Carnie, Riaan Marais and Kyran Blaauw
BACK-TO-BACK Blitzboks claim brilliant back-to-back SVNS titles in Cape Town 5 min 3 By Annemieke Thomaidis, Jared Moorgas
RUGBY SEVENS Here's everything the fans (and commuters) need to know about the HSBC Cape Town SVNS 3 min 0 By Annemieke Thomaidis, Jared Moorgas
Leanne Porter An open letter to Capetonians: When reluctant neighbours push back on homelessness initiatives, nation-building suffers 3 min 7 2 December 2025
WILDLIFE POLICY Death or sanctuary future for many baboons as Cape Town adopts controversial plan 7 min 2 By Daniélle Schaafsma
Anthony Hazell Cape Town is actively unstitching apartheid’s spatial legacy 3 min 11 30 November 2025
