Articles for Marecia Damons

The long battle of 300 families for toilets and taps

The land they live on in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, has been earmarked for a hospital

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Brief | 6 May 2024

Over 230 court judgments are late

The latest report does not list any judgments reserved in the last six months

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Law | 30 April 2024

Housing activists confront Western Cape Premier at coffee shop

Campaigners want government car parks developed for affordable inner city housing

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News | 29 April 2024

It took a year but Tafelsig’s streetlights are back on

1,000 residents needing help with service inquiries also went to a pop-up service hub hosted by the City

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Brief | 25 April 2024

Wheelchair users demand better access to transport

We spend R600 out of our R2,180 grant on transport, say disability activists

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News | 9 April 2024

Broken streetlights have led to a spike in crime in this Cape Town suburb

But the City says repairs are difficult because of safety risks in Tafelsig

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News | 2 April 2024

Cape Town school in the dark because it owes thousands to Eskom

A teacher at Vergenoegd Primary in Delft, Cape Town, says they discovered that the bursar office missed payments from August 2023

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News | 25 March 2024

Ramaphosa suspends Dipuo Peters

But only for a month

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Brief | 1 March 2024

Increase tax on sugary drinks to fund an increase in social grants, say activists

Higher sugar tax would also save on health care

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News | 21 February 2024

#UniteBehind’s seven-year push for accountability at PRASA

The activist group is fighting legal battles to bring those responsible for the collapse of railway services to book

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News | 20 February 2024

NSFAS has a horrible day in Parliament

Troubled adverse audit described. And over 36,000 student beds still to be accredited

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News | 14 February 2024

Video: We asked people what they want President Ramaphosa to say in the State of the Nation Address

“I want him to talk about crime … and youth who need jobs”

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Video | 8 February 2024

Court battle looms over Observatory pavement occupation

The City wants to move the occupiers to Delft South but they say that’s too far away

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News | 2 February 2024

People queue from 2:30am at Goodwood Labour office

The department encourages the use of its online system but many can’t use it

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News | 23 January 2024

Evicted Paarl farm family moved to emergency housing

The Marthinus family lived in a library for a month after being evicted from the farm where they had lived for 20 years

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Brief | 18 January 2024

A woman was raped in 2010. It’s almost 2024 and her damages case is still in court

Andy Kawa is suing the police for millions of rands for negligence

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News | 14 December 2023