South Africa|Western Cape

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Marikana: Judge must rule whether to compel state to buy, compensate or evict

“They live here not out of choice. They live here out of desperation.”

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News | 15 February 2017

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Fisantekraal residents want to build their own RDP homes

March to Parliament to protest against receiving Garden City houses

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Brief | 15 February 2017

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Nyanga residents say they are too scared to report crime

Police tell community to “play your part”

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News | 15 February 2017

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Activist lays assault charge against police after SONA

Right2Know member opens case over “bumper sticker” incident

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News | 15 February 2017

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Attorney accuses Cape judge of being “racist and classist”

Complaint against Leslie Weinkove filed with JSC

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News | 15 February 2017

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Masiphumelele residents march to Fish Hoek to demand better living conditions

Protesters call on municipality to provide electricity and sanitation to everyone living in the township’s informal settlement

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News | 14 February 2017

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Lobster crash erodes West Coast way of life

Minister Senzeni Zokwana accused of reneging on recovery plan

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Feature | 14 February 2017

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City asks court to order national government to compensate land owners

Human Settlements lawyer says that granting the court application by Marikana residents would have “dire and far reaching consequences”

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News | 14 February 2017

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Crossroads parents shut down school

“We are fed up .. with the bad condition of the school”

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News | 14 February 2017

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Maggots in baby’s mouth as uncollected garbage piles up

A dispute over refuse removal services in early December has left the informal settlement of Europe near Nyanga with growing mounds of rubbish

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News | 13 February 2017

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Marikana lawyer calls for state to expropriate land

SAPS lawyer says it isn’t possible to arrest the informal settlement’s 60,000 residents

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News | 12 February 2017

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Cape Town rapper Jitsvinger to tour Netherlands

South African Road Trip: Celebrating Life uses music, dance, poetry and video to show the diversity of life in the Cape

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News | 10 February 2017

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In photos: protests at State of Nation Address 2017

Despite violence inside Parliament, outside was mostly peaceful

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Photo Essay | 10 February 2017

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Marikana case: Home owner in informal settlement asks City to buy her property

“She went from being a property owner to living at the middle of an informal settlement. … This is her primary residence.”

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News | 9 February 2017

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Landmark Marikana case begins: 60,000 people’s homes at stake

City asked to buy or expropriate land occupied in Philippi East

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News | 8 February 2017

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Rhodes statue in silicosis protest

Mines must pay compensation to sick miners, say activists

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News | 8 February 2017