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SANRAL says City of Cape Town was involved in the eviction of displaced Nomzamo residents
Nomzamo informal settlement residents would have been relocated to new land years ago had the City of Cape Town not withdrawn from negotiations in 2011, attorneys for the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) told the Lwandle Inquiry yesterday.
Barbara Maregele
News | 23 July 2014
Murdered doctor: TAC marches through Khayelitsha
Escorted by the metro police and the South African Police Service (SAPS), carrying a huge banner written “Criminals are being nursed by the system, justice must prevail”, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) led a march through Khayelitsha to demand safe communities.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 22 July 2014
Khayelitsha’s stinkiest home finally gets cleaned up
A house in Khayelitsha stank so badly, even the neighbours complained about it. Thankfully, the City of Cape Town has unblocked the sewage drain of Mluleki Gantso’s house.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 22 July 2014
Premier called “racist girl” as tensions flare at Lwandle inquiry
Tensions flared during the second half of the Lwandle inquiry yesterday after Ses’khona leader Loyiso Nkohla referred to Western Cape Premier Helen Zille as a “racist girl”. The remark prompted an infuriated DA staffer, Jamie Turkington, to interject during Nkohla’s presentation.
Barbara Maregele
News | 22 July 2014
Ward councilor sheds light on the history of evicted Nomazo residents
A Nomzamo ward councillor told the ministerial inquiry into the Lwandle evictions how he cautioned a group of backyarders, who were tired of “unfulfilled promises” by the City of Cape Town, against settling on land owned by the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL).
Barbara Maregele
News | 22 July 2014
Shacks in Masiphumelele wetland area drenched
The Masiphumele informal settlement in Fish Hoek was flooded on Thursday by heavy rains.
Zintle Swana
News | 21 July 2014
City in the hot seat over toilet audit
Over a quarter of the flush toilets inspected during the Social Justice Coalition’s (SJC) social audit did not work.
Barbara Maregele
News | 21 July 2014
Flush toilet audit begins in Khayelitsha
This week the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) began a second social audit of janitorial services in Khayelitsha. This time the organisation is looking at flush toilets.
Thembela Ntongana and Zintle Swana
News | 18 July 2014
Khayelitsha youths punching above their weight
In a sandy part of Khayelitsha called Enkanini, it is a big surprise to find between the shacks one with blue paint on its outside declaring: African Youth Boxing Club.
Siyabonga Kalipa
News | 18 July 2014