R1 billion to be spent on Cape Town’s broken Central Line, promises PRASA
But line still won’t be fully open until 2021
Brief | 23 January 2020
Rondebosch golf club: City of Cape Town accused of subsidising the wealthy elite
But City says renewal of lease is justified
News | 23 January 2020
We have become mosquito food, say families living along filthy canal
Part of Gugulethu canal clogged with rubbish after employment dispute
News | 22 January 2020
Witsand residents protest against arrest of street patrollers
12 members of patrol face charges including assault, kidnapping, and attempted murder
Brief | 21 January 2020
Huge West Coast wind farm approved
But conditions include a revised environmental management plan and site layout
By John Yeld
News | 21 January 2020
City of Cape Town refuses to say how many shacks were demolished at the weekend
Zweledinga informal settlement in Khayelitsha destroyed
By Vincent Lali
News | 21 January 2020
Three months after they move in, family’s RDP house burns down
Fire in Wallacedene destroys 85 homes
Brief | 20 January 2020
Fed-up after 20 years on a waiting list, gogo builds her own house
Gloria Matebe collected the wood to build her new home from a nearby dumpsite
By Mpumi Kiva
News | 17 January 2020
Bonnytoun residents ignored by City of Cape Town
“We will not protest and destroy infrastructure like other communities do, but we are asking the City to do their work.”
Brief | 17 January 2020