Cape Town to give an additional R10-million to shelters

Human Rights Commission urges city to move away from ā€˜us and them’ mentality when it comes to homelessness

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News | 4 April 2022

City of Cape Town stops Brass Bell restaurant from building on beach

Owner wanted a wooden deck to provide people with ā€œan area to sunbathe without getting covered in sea sandā€

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News | 1 April 2022

ā€œI struggle to study because I’m thinking about where my next meal will come fromā€

Students at South Cape College’s Bitou Campus say their NSFAS allowances have not been paid

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News | 1 April 2022

Government accused of only paying lip service to climate change

African Climate Alliance protests outside Parliament

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Brief | 25 March 2022

High Court rules woman had the right to call out her rapist

Judge overturns ā€œgagā€ order

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Law | 25 March 2022

Taxis bring Cape Town city centre to a standstill

Protest against high impounding fees and long wait for permits

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News | 24 March 2022

Dial-a-Ride services suspended in some Cape Town areas due to taxi violence

At least 30 people with disabilities are unable to access standard public transport

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News | 24 March 2022

Cape Town suburb tries new approach to homelessness

The Devil’s Peak Vredehoek Outreach programme takes a new look at a chronic problem

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News | 24 March 2022

Scores of commuters stranded as taxi drivers strike in Cape Town

ā€œWe begged one of the taxi drivers to take us to Bellville, but he refused and said he would not risk his life by transporting usā€

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News | 24 March 2022

Farm women demand Distell act against suppliers that violate workers’ rights

ā€œWe work in the vineyard, we grow it, we prune it, we work with the fruit, but we get the least moneyā€ says farm worker

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News | 24 March 2022

Activists and learners clean up Mfuleni wetland

Project aims to promote recycling and discourage dumping

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Brief | 24 March 2022

Metrorail’s Northern Line is coming back to life, but V-E-R-Y slowly

Trains still don’t stop at what was the line’s busiest station

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News | 22 March 2022

Marchers demands action against xenophobic attacks

Protesters want the government intervene to end violence against foreign nationals

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News | 22 March 2022

Stand-off at River Club between opposing First Nations groups

This follows judgment interdicting further development of Amazon’s headquarters

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Brief | 22 March 2022

Court stops R4.5-billion River Club development, including new Amazon headquarters

Judge Patricia Goliath says that there has not been meaningful engagement by the developers

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Law | 20 March 2022

Golden Arrow buses attacked in taxi drivers’ protest

Two Golden Arrow buses, two municipal vehicles and an Eskom vehicle were set alight in Cape Town

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Brief | 18 March 2022