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Evicted woman: “I came to Cape Town to give my children a better future”
Veronica Lujabe moved to Cape Town from Lesotho because she wanted a better future for her children. This week her house in Lwandle was demolished.
Pharie Sefali
News | 5 June 2014
Floods as storm hits Cape Town
Low lying areas of Siqalo on Vanguard Drive, close to Mitchell's Plain, flooded yesterday. The heavy downpours reminded Capetownians why the Mother City was named "The Cape of Storms".
Armand Hough
News | 5 June 2014
Floods as storm hits Cape Town
Low lying areas of Siqalo on Vanguard Drive, close to Mitchell's Plain, flooded yesterday. The heavy downpours reminded Capetownians why the Mother City was named "The Cape of Storms".
Armand Hough
News | 5 June 2014
Miserable day for people who lost homes, but baby rumoured to be dead is alive
It’s cold and raining in Cape Town tonight. Ice particles formed on the ground outside the Nomzamo Community Hall in Strand where hundreds of residents, whose homes were demolished over the last two days, are sheltering.
Pharie Sefali and GroundUp staff
News | 4 June 2014
Videos from Strand demolitions
Here are two short video clips from the demolitions of people's homes that took place in Strand yesterday.
Adam Armstrong
News | 4 June 2014
Angy Peter trial: Court allows dying man’s remarks
Remarks made by Rowan du Preez accusing accusing activist Angy Peter and her husband of necklacing him, will be admitted into evidence, the Cape High Court ruled this morning.
Barbara Maregele
News | 4 June 2014
Community desperate as their homes are demolished
Hundreds of people were left homeless at Nomzamo settlement in Strand on Tuesday. Shacks were smashed down while their owners watched.
Pharie Sefali and Adam Armstrong
News | 4 June 2014
Water
For many Cape Town residents, getting clean water is a daily effort. And in some parts of the city, polluted canals run alongside people's houses.
Masixole Feni
News | 3 June 2014