Articles for Marecia Damons
Homeless people’s tents confiscated as City of Cape Town cracks down
Additional R500 million to be spent on law enforcement
News | 1 October 2021
Post Office workers face uncertain future
SAPO can no longer pay retirement fund or medical aid contributions
News | 21 September 2021
Cape Town centre offers a hot meal and a vaccine to homeless people
“We wanted to create a welcoming and safe space with a meal where people could have access to the vaccine if they choose” says U-Turn’s director Jean-Ray Knighton-Fitt
News | 13 September 2021
Users must check if a taxi is safe, insists Transport MEC after crash at Parliament
Taxi in which several children were injured was overloaded, unroadworthy and unlicensed, and the driver had no licence either
News | 8 September 2021
City of Cape Town defends its demolition of Green Point tent camp in court
Ndifuna Ukwazi says City by-laws cannot be allowed to trump constitutional rights
News | 6 September 2021
City of Cape Town demolishes tent camp, leaving homeless without shelter
Law enforcement removes people living near the Green Point Tennis Courts
News | 25 August 2021
Families want electricity bills from lockdown to be scrapped
Cape Winelands municipality battling to recover steep outstanding bills
News | 24 August 2021
Over 20 learners injured as taxi crashes into barrier at Parliament
It is alleged that the taxi was overcrowded and the driver and vehicle were unlicensed
News | 20 August 2021
Activists impatient with long wait for promised social housing
City of Cape Town says national government slow to release “well-located” land for affordable housing
News | 12 August 2021