Insult to injury: will there be any justice for District Six families?

Six families ask the state to expropriate their homes to avoid eviction

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Opinion | 2 November 2023

Church blocks plan to build school in Philippi

SANCO has stepped in to intervene and leaders have now escalated the matter to the authorities

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News | 2 November 2023

Protesters call for closure of Israeli embassy

Cape Town march in support of Palestinians

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News | 1 November 2023

R350-a-month grant to be extended to March 2025

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announces extension of Covid-19 grant

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Brief | 1 November 2023

Two dead in two shack fires since Friday in Dunoon

About 50 structures destroyed leaving 200 people homeless

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Brief | 1 November 2023

Families evicted from farms have been dumped in Spoekiesdorp

The households in the Worcester informal settlement must be relocated, says the South African Human Rights Commission

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News | 31 October 2023

Two die and hundreds left homeless by Khayelitsha fire

Frustrated victims then occupied vacant land nearby

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News | 30 October 2023

Rural women shed light on food insecurity

“Small household gardens are not enough for women to be able to escape food insecurity” says activist

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News | 30 October 2023

Communal toilets overflowing with faeces due to extortion

About a month ago, Sanitech workers were held at gunpoint and extortionists demanded several thousand rand

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News | 30 October 2023

Children play among rubbish and rodents at this Dunoon park

City official says a developer is waiting for approval to fund the repairs of Thandabantu Park but suggest moving the equipment to a different place

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News | 30 October 2023

Disability grant applicants sleep outside this SASSA office

SASSA admitted that there had been “technical challenges with the online system” but that these had since been resolved

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News | 27 October 2023

Landmark decision for housing in Cape Town

City Council releases land in Salt River for social housing

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News | 26 October 2023

Backyarders demolish shacks in Cape Town

Violence and tensions between land occupiers and backyarders has been brewing for months in Khayelitsha

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News | 26 October 2023

Sand mining company appeals against refusal of water licence in Philippi

A campaign to preserve the horticultural area says the silica mine will impact food security and the Cape Flats Aquifer

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News | 26 October 2023

Children’s parks turned into rubbish dumps

Intimidation has prevented repairs to parks in Delft, Cape Town

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News | 24 October 2023

Here’s how the Western Cape can prepare better for weather like we had in September

Climate change may bring more variable weather but we can reduce the risk of disasters

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Science | 23 October 2023