Articles for Marecia Damons
City of Cape Town appeals interdict stopping shack demolitions during lockdown
The City told the Supreme Court of Appeal the interdict has hindered its ability to protect property and to roll out housing
News | 16 November 2021
Tax the rich, demand budget protesters
Unions and organisations call for a basic income grant
By Thamsanqa Mbovane, Marecia Damons and Liezl Human
News | 11 November 2021
Community health workers: arbitrator rules against NEHAWU
Bid to make workers permanent state employees fails
News | 10 November 2021
Climate activists picket at Parliament - accuse COP26 of excluding African farmers
“If there is no drastic change we won’t be able to farm with cattle and maize in a few years time”
News | 8 November 2021
Give us better cops, say Mitchells Plain protesters
Residents of one of Cape Town’s largest townships demand better cops
Brief | 28 October 2021
Police use stun grenades to break up Cape Town housing protest
This followed a raid of the Woodstock Hospital occupation earlier on Friday
News | 15 October 2021
Cape Town home owners, fed up with City’s lack of action, pay to house homeless
Residents of houses on the border of Van Riebeeck Park made a plan to cover the cost of accomodating the people living in the park - for now
By Ashraf Hendricks and Marecia Damons
News | 14 October 2021
Court ordered Eastern Cape education department to build 65 classrooms in four schools within 90 days, in February 2020. So far, only 17 have been built.
Fed-up parents build their own classrooms
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Marecia Damons
News | 12 October 2021
Hundreds of workers march for end to pay freeze
COSATU members and affiliated unions held demonstrations across the country
By Marecia Damons, Masego Mafata and Joseph Chirume
News | 7 October 2021