RC 261005Cape TalkLester Kiewit
Monday, 5 October 2026
Cape Town’s affordable housing obligations dominated, alongside debates on preventing gender-based violence and preparations for local government elections.
- 07:24
The City of Cape Town submitted a 120-page Constitutional Court report detailing 14 released sites, including six inner-city sites yielding more than 7,000 housing opportunities.
- 07:27
The city says over 30 further sites could deliver more than 40,000 housing opportunities, but wants national government to restore funding for social housing grants.
- 06:27
Riversdale’s 11.2MW solar farm and two 5MWh batteries could supply the town independently during Eskom outages; the project cost just over R200 million.
- 08:27
Youth programmes reaching more than 60,000 boys are teaching consent, vulnerability and healthy masculinity, after research found some boys equated manhood with money, cars, women, fighting and fear.
- 07:03
The ANC is asking the Constitutional Court to allow at least 180 late candidates onto municipal election lists, after losing its challenge to IEC registration rules.