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Court battle looms over Observatory pavement occupation
The City wants to move the occupiers to Delft South but they say that’s too far away
News | 2 February 2024
Battle in Khayelitsha over occupied land
The Khayelitsha Community Trust plans to build a private hospital displacing informal settlement formed during Covid
By Vincent Lali
News | 2 February 2024
Tenants say they’ve been abandoned in Benoni’s crumbling apartheid-era municipal flats
80-year-old Sarah Govender has lived in the Actonville flats since the 1980s
News | 2 February 2024
Nine years later, here is how Wolwerivier is doing
Residents of the City’s emergency housing development face unemployment, extreme heat, and overcrowding. But “we have achieved a lot” says a community member
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 1 February 2024
Historic Eastern Cape town hall which burned down a year ago still hasn’t been repaired
Komani town hall was built in 1882
News | 1 February 2024
Gangs make us pay for access to water, say Mamelodi residents
Municipality confirms illegal connections to the reservoir but blames people occupying nearby land
News | 1 February 2024
Officials raise alarm over hiring freeze at Western Cape’s largest hospitals
The freeze was recommended by National Treasury among other austerity measures
By Daniel Steyn
News | 31 January 2024
Housing project for 500 Dunoon families put on hold
Western Cape government revising its plan and budget
News | 31 January 2024
Dunoon left without ward councillor after sudden ANC recall
Councillor Messie Makuwa says she is ready to fight in court
News | 30 January 2024