Affordable housing to be built on contested Sea Point site, says provincial government

Announcement by MEC Tertuis Simmers comes after a decade of battles

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News | 30 January 2025

Protest outside Delft community health centre after baby’s death

The health department says the centre cannot treat patients who need specialist care and the child was referred to Tygerberg Hospital

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News | 30 January 2025

Night studies pay off for Dunoon matriculant

Sange Dastile studied in the early morning in the one-room house he shares with his mother and brother. Now he’s off to Stellenbosch University to study medicine.

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News | 29 January 2025

Plagued by illegal dumping, residents clean up filthy suburb

Rubbish has not been collected for months in some parts of Wallacedene

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Brief | 24 January 2025

900 families’ portable toilets not cleaned for over a month in Khayelitsha

City says community disputes over recruitment of workers disrupted the service

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Brief | 24 January 2025

A week later, Cape Town fire victims still wait for relief

SASSA says City only sent details of affected residents on Wednesday this week

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Brief | 23 January 2025

Concern about City’s plan for Woodstock Hospital

Public comment period on proposed sale closes on 31 January

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News | 23 January 2025

City to decide on objections to six-storey Bo-Kaap hotel

Residents are opposed to the development overshadowing the oldest mosque in the country

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News | 22 January 2025

Over a hundred disabled and elderly people queue outside SASSA in Khayelitsha

Monday was the first day for disability grant applicants to make medical bookings

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News | 21 January 2025

Cape Town not immune to Los Angeles type fire disaster

The city has better preventative measures but is far less resourced than Los Angeles

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Analysis | 20 January 2025

Parents block enrolment at new primary school in Kraaifontein

They want learners transferred from the old Solomon Mahlangu primary school which is in a terrible condition

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Brief | 17 January 2025

MPs demand probe into “entire social grant payment system”

Portfolio committee chair Bridget Masango says officials found guilty of fraud or misconduct must be brought to book

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News | 16 January 2025

Children miss school as uniforms destroyed in Philippi fire

Mother of three says she can’t afford new uniforms until the end of the month

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Brief | 15 January 2025

Concourt win for Cape Town residents facing eviction

Court tells City to provide Bromwell Street residents with temporary emergency accommodation in the inner city as close to their current homes as possible

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Law | 20 December 2024

Cape Town neighbourhood is buried in rubbish

The City will use the public works programme to employ cleaners after a contractor withdrew due to extortion threats

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Brief | 20 December 2024

Riding Cape Town’s Southern Line

Metrorail has improved from its worst days but some problems still need to be fixed

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News | 20 December 2024