Week of housing protests at Sir Lowry’s Pass

Residents say their area is neglected and their councillor ignores them

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News | 26 March 2019

Did De Lille stall while Bo Kaap developers scored?

Four controversial developments approved while heritage protection plan delayed

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News | 26 March 2019

How dirty is the Cape Flats groundwater?

Water in the Cape Flats Aquifer is polluted by cemeteries, waste water treatment works, landfill sites and informal settlements

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News | 26 March 2019

Cape Town healthcare workers fear losing their jobs

Concerns over patient care if community workers’ contracts not renewed

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News | 26 March 2019

“I’m doing it for all the blood of innocent people shed on the streets of the Cape Flats”

“Government keeps on saying that communities don’t want to speak up, but look what happens when you do”

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Feature | 26 March 2019

From security guard to successful pig farmer

Cape Town woman started with just three pigs

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Brief | 25 March 2019

Refugee children turned away by Cape schools

Immigrant parents battle red tape to get their kids in school

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News | 22 March 2019

Cape Flats residents protest for houses

Protesters demanded to see MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela, and then burnt tyres when he did not address them

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News | 20 March 2019

Radical new housing deal proposed to break apartheid barriers

City of Cape Town could use its golf courses and bowling greens for low cost housing, says report

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News | 20 March 2019

Police officers march to Parliament

Protesters say they have been overlooked for promotions

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Brief | 19 March 2019

Cape Town women’s group pools money to build houses

It’s a stokvel with a difference

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Brief | 19 March 2019

Frustrated by lack of services, shack dwellers block Baden Powell Drive

“The City will never help us until we protest.”

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News | 18 March 2019

Masiphumelele shack dwellers threaten to occupy land if City doesn’t give dates for new houses

Plato blames De Lille for making promises to community. De Lille says: “He’s talking nonsense.”

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News | 18 March 2019

Cape Town shack dwellers march for RDP houses

“As long as each family has a tap, a toilet, and a box of electricity, we will be happy.”

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News | 15 March 2019

Quack claims about oxygen treatment are dangerous

Charlatans exploit patients for financial gain, say doctors

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Science | 15 March 2019

Life in Woodstock Hospital

An abandoned state-owned property has become home to over 700 people

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Photo Essay | 15 March 2019