Land activist’s shack burnt down

Tensions rise in Khayelitsha as City relocates people from Enkanini to Backstage

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News | 13 July 2022

UCT Jagger Library insurance payout delayed for over a year

Funds needed to rebuild the library after the 2021 fire are still not secured

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News | 13 July 2022

Build our houses or face court action, community warns Housing Development Agency

The HDA bought 700 hectares of land near Malmesbury just outside Cape Town eight years ago. But the agency says it was only officially appointed as implementing agent for the project in March this year.

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News | 12 July 2022

Video: Building classrooms from plastic waste in Diepsloot

Local NGO turns plastic waste into eco-bricks

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Video | 12 July 2022

City blames illegal connections for “exploding” transformers

Townships in Kariega without power since the weekend

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Brief | 12 July 2022

Usable water in Nelson Mandela Bay is down to 2.3% of dam capacity

“This water crisis has put our lives on hold”

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Feature | 12 July 2022

Work on River Club development in “willful” contempt of a court order, say picketers

Developers say the matter will be decided by the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday

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Law | 11 July 2022

Homeowners clash with shack dwellers over electricity in Mfuleni

The City of Cape Town removed illegal connections on Saturday and restored power after a month-long outage

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Brief | 11 July 2022

Fire crew attacked responding to blaze where toddler died

The five-year-old boy was home alone with his three-year-old brother when the fire started

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Brief | 11 July 2022

Top Lottery exec to face new corruption inquiry

NLC serves its chief operating officer Phillemon Letwaba with a notice of intention to suspend him - for the third time

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News | 11 July 2022

South African engineers are trying to solve the global water crisis

But better politics as much as good engineering may be key

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Science | 11 July 2022

GroundUp reporters hijacked and robbed

This was one of many car hijackings in Philippi and Nyanga this past week

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News | 8 July 2022

Takealot workers strike for permanent positions

Hundreds of workers walk out of Montague Gardens warehouse

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Brief | 8 July 2022

Learners picket against government scrapping deadlines to fix schools

Department says learners’ memo will be considered along with other public comments on its proposed amendments

Text and Photos by Magnificent Mndebele

News | 8 July 2022

Increased housing subsidy will result in more informal settlements

By not increasing the overall housing budget, fewer people will be getting formal houses from government

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Opinion | 8 July 2022

Kariega by-election: “I voted without taking a bath. I was stinking!”

“No water, no vote” say voters fed-up with Nelson Mandela Bay’s water shortage

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Brief | 8 July 2022