City of Cape Town invites struggling property owners to apply for help

We believe many more property owners are eligible, says City

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Explainer | 9 May 2018

Shacks demolished while occupied say Khayelitsha residents

City stops demolitions after fierce resistance and clash between police and occupiers

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News | 9 May 2018

New settlement to be named after Gugulethu Seven

Backyarders make yet another attempt to occupy empty land in Gugs

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News | 8 May 2018

Mother wants to know who killed her child in police shoot-out

Two years after a fatal shooting in which seven high school students were also injured, families and victims have been told nothing

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News | 8 May 2018

City of Cape Town clamps down on illegal extensions to houses

More than 100 property entrepreneurs in Dunoon face prosecution

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News | 8 May 2018

Vrygrond recycling centre threatened with closure

City goes to court to close premises on land at centre of land occupation

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News | 8 May 2018

New school already crammed beyond capacity

Parents demand Enkanini Primary admit their children amidst public transport collapse

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News | 7 May 2018

Western Cape government fails to explain security contract

GroundUp has now submitted a request under the access to public information act

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Brief | 7 May 2018

First year firefighter rises to the top

Amiena Pillay received the award for Best Seasonal Firefighter from the City of Cape Town

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Interview | 4 May 2018

New evidence adds spice to vital eviction case

SJC video shows shacks were occupied when Law Enforcement removed them

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Law | 4 May 2018

Shack dwellers live in filth in Kraaifontein

Residents depend on neighbours in RDP houses for basic services

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News | 4 May 2018

Mitchells Plain and Siqalo residents hold crisis meeting

“If we start a racial war in this country, it is going to help no one.”

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News | 3 May 2018

Cape Flats residents criticise poor service at clinics

Long waiting times, rude nursing staff, and patient folders go missing, say residents

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News | 3 May 2018

Evicted occupiers bed down outside Civic Centre

Protest comes ahead of court case to decide if demolitions carried out by the City of Cape Town are legal

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Brief | 3 May 2018

Violent clashes between Mitchells Plain and Siqalo residents

30 people arrested for public violence

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Brief | 2 May 2018

Cape Town needs to invest in places like Malawi Camp

Airport settlement is test of municipality’s commitment to investing in poor communities

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Opinion | 2 May 2018