South Africa|Western Cape

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Bureaucracy leaves Khayelitsha toilets uncleaned since last year

Because janitors don’t have inoculations residents live with shit

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News | 6 August 2018

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Two toilets for dozens of residents in Khayelitsha

City says shacks in Enkanini will need to be relocated to make space for more toilets

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News | 3 August 2018

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Parkwood housing project gets underway

But neighbours worried about property values

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News | 3 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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Who is burning Cape Town’s trains?

#UniteBehind sends letter to President Ramaphosa calling for perpetrators to be found

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News | 1 August 2018

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Rats and raw sewage part of daily life in Dunoon

City to spend R5 million to combat blocked drains in the area

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News | 1 August 2018

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Spate of vigilante killings in Dunoon

“We don’t support mob justice but people are sick and tired of crime”

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News | 31 July 2018

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Guard murdered for protecting RDP houses from thieves

Tshutsha Daniso was shot dead trying to prevent buildings in Mfuleni from being stripped while they are being built

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Brief | 31 July 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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Openness of Bongani Mayosi’s family shows great courage

Depression is an illness, not a shame

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GroundView | 30 July 2018

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Obs locals protest for open public space

Residents worried about encroaching development

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News | 28 July 2018

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If commuters thought Metrorail couldn’t get worse, it did this week

Cape Town’s central line is operating with eight train sets. It needs 33.

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News | 27 July 2018

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#UniteBehind accuses Epping company of buying copper stolen from railways

SA Metal says its staff are trained to identify stolen material and to alert management immediately

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Brief | 26 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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Police and protesters accused of brutality in Hermanus

Cele promises to bring IPID to Zwelihle to investigate

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Feature | 25 July 2018