Turn Sea Point plot into social housing, say activists

Two years after the Tafelberg sale was overturned, progress has stalled. Now the provincial government says it may want to use the land “in the public interest”.

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News | 30 August 2022

Mobile showers for homeless people: “mother of water” bus launched

“I just cried underneath the water,” says homeless woman after first hot shower in ages

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News | 26 August 2022

Farm workers in Robertson’s “dumping ground” call for better services

CSAAWU demands that Langeberg Municipality install taps, electricity and toilets for Oppiekoppie community

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Brief | 26 August 2022

Court’s message in Llandudno case: Don’t take matters into your own hands

Landlord’s conduct “reeks of a pattern of attempts to circumvent” the law says judge

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Law | 26 August 2022

Drakenstein Municipality appeals ruling on emergency housing

The municipality believes it has met its constitutional obligations to provide accommodation to people evicted from rural areas

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News | 26 August 2022

Cape Town is letting the flowers grow

Decision not to mow in some city parks is an important boost for biodiversity

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Science | 26 August 2022

“I don’t want to die poor”

Young people in Calitzdorp battle to break down apartheid’s barriers

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Opinion | 25 August 2022

Iconic women’s housing project of the 1990s, today awash in sewage

Residents of Victoria Mxenge Housing Development have taken the City of Cape Town to the Ombudsman after three years of overflowing sewers

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News | 22 August 2022

Prospects and pessimism at jobs roadshow

Bitou municipality and national departments and agencies presented opportunities to young people. Some attendees welcomed it, but others remained doubtful.

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News | 21 August 2022

Uber, Bolt drivers strike for two days

Drivers want more money and an end to the freeze on new licences

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News | 18 August 2022

Families forcibly removed from Maitland 80 years ago still can’t use their land

Ndabeni Communal Property Trust concluded a settlement agreement for the 54.8-hectares

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News | 18 August 2022

Traders at the historic Salt River Market will be excluded from new City development

“This is our livelihood, my bread and butter” says trader

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News | 17 August 2022

Mining affected communities protest outside Parliament

Activists demand mines develop and help the communities that host them

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Brief | 16 August 2022

Disorganised SASSA leaves disabled grant recipients standing in the rain

Khayelitsha chaos continues, but there is hope: from 1 September SASSA services will also be offered at the City of Cape Town’s Kuyasa office.

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News | 16 August 2022

Small scale fishers call for halt to gas and oil exploration

“When foreign companies drill oil in our oceans, fish die”

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Brief | 15 August 2022