Brief

City to move against Greenmarket Square refugees

Refugee leader says they remain “hopeful” that City will provide temporary shelter

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Brief | 8 January 2020

“We grew up as backyarders and we are still backyarders today”

Arcadia House occupiers plead for affordable housing near Cape Town’s inner city

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Brief | 8 January 2020

Donkerbos residents lift bakkie to safety during blaze

About 30 people displaced following fire at Somerset West informal settlement

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Brief | 6 January 2020

Murder of lesbian prompts Mpumalanga march against violence

800 people march after Portia Mtsweni killed in Tweefontein

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Brief | 6 January 2020

Khayelitsha commuters plan transport summit for February

“We have found that commuter safety is also not up to standard”

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Brief | 18 December 2019

City to use bylaws to remove refugees

Smith says failure to do this will have dire consequences for the informal traders on Greenmarket Square

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Brief | 18 December 2019

Open trench poses safety risk, say Uitenhage residents

Municipality says complaints will be “escalated as matter of urgency”

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Brief | 17 December 2019

Learners demand toilets and water for Limpopo schools

Department claims construction at schools will start January 2020

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Brief | 13 December 2019

“Murder capital” residents welcome award for police station commander

Top Nyanga cop is “always willing to go out of his way to help”

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Brief | 13 December 2019

Homeless people win court victory against City of Cape Town

A review of the bylaws is to be heard in February

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Brief | 12 December 2019

“Townships should not be a dumping site for unhealthy food”

People’s Health Movement urges government to do more to curb malnutrition and obesity in townships

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Brief | 10 December 2019

Pietermaritzburg fire leaves 164 people homeless

“Our clothes and food went up in flames”

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Brief | 10 December 2019

Top Lottery executives coin it

R19 million a year paid to seven people

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Brief | 9 December 2019

Refugees join homeless for Christmas lunch event

Ladles of Love apologises to homeless as food runs out during event

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Brief | 9 December 2019

Nelson Mandela Bay admits to “serious infrastructure problems”

Communities have been complaining of recurring blockages and overflowing sewage

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Brief | 6 December 2019