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Victory for housing activists in landmark Tafelberg case

Court rescinds sale of land, orders City of Cape Town and Western Cape government to create new housing policy

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News | 31 August 2020

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Environmental group slams “flawed” approval for Masiphumelele upgrade

NEAG alleges conflict of interests by key player

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News | 31 August 2020

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Families face eviction from one of Gauteng’s iconic buildings

“I can’t believe that l am losing my home again” says 60-year-old woman

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News | 31 August 2020

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PE’s ward committee members protest against muncipality

They demanded backpay, skills development training and personal protective equipment

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News | 28 August 2020

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Alexandra gogo feeds families that “fell through the cracks” during lockdown

Sylvia Mvumvu makes food packages at her home

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News | 28 August 2020

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1,500 homes were promised. Four years later not a single one has been built

Jeffreys Bay housing project moves at a snail’s pace but government promises construction will begin in October

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News | 28 August 2020

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Masiphumelele upgrade plan approved but Noordhoek group’s appeal still pending

Provincial government says it is “critical” for the informal settlement to be upgraded as living conditions are “undesirable and unacceptable”

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News | 28 August 2020

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No hope of Cape Town central line resuming any time soon

Services gradually being extended on other lines

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News | 28 August 2020

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Moral panic over human trafficking is hurting children, says report

State is using anti-trafficking measures “to justify practices that violate” rights

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News | 27 August 2020

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Covid-19: Patients complain of long clinic queues but officials are trying to fix this

“No patient has been turned away”

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News | 27 August 2020

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Funeral collectives help Malawians repatriate the dead

Sending bodies home has become more expensive since Covid-19 struck

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News | 26 August 2020

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Why don’t more homeless people go to shelters?

Most are full, say homeless people in response to City of Cape Town

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News | 26 August 2020

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Residents dissatisfied as ANC chief whip returns to troubled Stutterheim

“They sent back the person who failed us”

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News | 26 August 2020

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Woman with concrete slab told her house is complete

About 250 foundations laid in 2014 still have no RDP houses on them

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News | 26 August 2020

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Can you guess the order these photos were taken?

An expensive troubled bridge over water

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News | 26 August 2020

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Eight-year-old Clarence Solomons died over a housing dispute he had nothing to do with

Councillor and resident give contradictory accounts of what led to demolition of home that led to fatal protest

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News | 25 August 2020