Residents of informal settlement in Philippi demand electrification

City of Cape Town says permission must be obtained from PRASA, which owns the land the settlement is on

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Brief | 17 September 2018

Homeless people face an uphill battle to get disability grants

“They seldom have an ID and cannot provide proof of residence”

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News | 14 September 2018

Guitar duo serenades Cape Town’s commuters

Thabani Dube from Durban and Jose Monteiro Nungidi from DRC met on a train and are now doing what they love for a living

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News | 14 September 2018

Zwelitsha shack-dwellers are building their own toilets and roads

Settlement not a priority, says City of Cape Town

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Feature | 14 September 2018

Home Affairs taking nine months to process permits for Zimbabweans

Some Zimbabweans who applied last year are still waiting as September deadline looms for ZEP permits

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News | 14 September 2018

Metrorail activists call for national disaster to be declared

The very contemplation of a train journey strikes fear into passengers’ hearts, says #UniteBehind

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News | 13 September 2018

Did Cape Town lose millions on Foreshore land sale?

City appears to have sold property to Growthpoint for R1,880 instead of R5,000 per square metre of possible floor space

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News | 13 September 2018

End corruption and nepotism in land redistribution, protesters tell government

“If we don’t get the land back, we won’t allow the general elections to happen”

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Brief | 12 September 2018

Township residents march on Parliament as crime statistics are released

“We sleep hearing gunshots and wake up hearing gunshots”

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News | 11 September 2018

“Mass shutdown” planned on the Cape Flats in October

Hundreds expected to march against crime and gang violence

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News | 11 September 2018

Affordable Housing: City of Cape Town and developers at crossroads

An inclusionary housing policy can stimulate density and new development

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Opinion | 11 September 2018

8,000 school places blocked in Western Cape

Parents anxious their children won’t find a place next year

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News | 11 September 2018

Understanding the Muslim marriages judgment

Despite fierce opposition, the Cape High Court has compelled government to introduce legislation that recognises Muslim marriages

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Law | 10 September 2018

Protesters demand South Africa intervene in upcoming DRC elections

Congolese demonstrators oppose electronic voting machines

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Brief | 10 September 2018

Sportsfield now a new informal settlement

Over 300 households are making a life for themselves in newly-named Ekupholeni

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News | 10 September 2018

Commuters want September train tickets to be valid for two months

Metrorail admits 37% trains delayed and 18% cancelled in August in Cape Town

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News | 6 September 2018