Articles for Thembela Ntongana

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Metrorail activists call for national disaster to be declared

The very contemplation of a train journey strikes fear into passengers’ hearts, says #UniteBehind

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News | 13 September 2018

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Township residents march on Parliament as crime statistics are released

“We sleep hearing gunshots and wake up hearing gunshots”

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News | 11 September 2018

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8,000 school places blocked in Western Cape

Parents anxious their children won’t find a place next year

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News | 11 September 2018

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Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city

Housing activists want 1,050 affordable apartments in the Somerset Precinct

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News | 5 September 2018

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Police claim successes for Operation Thunder

130 illegal guns confiscated in three months, senior police officers tell Western Cape legislature

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Brief | 22 August 2018

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Activists chain themselves to Cape Town civic centre

Constitutional Court will decide future of apartheid-era Regulation of Gatherings Act

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News | 17 August 2018

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We want to get child rapists out of Khayelitsha, says police boss

Implement gender-based violence recommendations of the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry, demand residents on Women’s Day

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News | 9 August 2018

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Train commuters take a ride with PRASA regional manager

Richard Walker hears commuters’ complaints about Metrorail

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News | 8 August 2018

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Taxi strike makes Cape Town’s transport misery worse

Torched busses cause Golden Arrow to cancel services to much of the Cape Flats

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News | 6 August 2018

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Social housing: what if we can’t pay the rent, ask Salt River families

Pine Road residents worried about City plan

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News | 2 August 2018

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Why Woodstock Hospital has become a home for hundreds

“Legal or not, it is home. And it is a lot better than where I come from.”

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News | 31 July 2018

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Room with a view: Occupiers explain why they have moved into a dilapidated Waterfront property

Living closer to the city has made life much easier

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Feature | 26 July 2018

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Masiphumelele residents frustrated after De Lille visit

Residents say mayoral pop-up office left housing questions unanswered

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News | 25 July 2018

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Cape Town’s neglected council flats

City says it will spend R147 million on upgrades to the rental units it owns

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Feature | 24 July 2018

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Cape Town’s apartheid-era hostel dwellers want family homes

“I have to share a room with my children and grandchildren”

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News | 20 July 2018

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Children “too scared to play outside” in Ocean View

Residents demand increased police visibility, CCTV cameras, more stop and search operations

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News | 9 July 2018