South Africa|Western Cape|Cape Town

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Soccer brings immigrants and South Africans together

Sport helps reduce tension, say activists

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News | 2 May 2018

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Khayelitsha hospital under the spotlight

Patients’ complaints prompt TAC meeting

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News | 30 April 2018

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Much needed Cape rain floods homes

Khayelitsha residents wake early to find their shacks soaking

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Photo Essay | 27 April 2018

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Sewer pipe collapses and destroys homes

Our whole living room collapsed and our bedroom where my wife was sleeping, says resident

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News | 26 April 2018

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Vrygrond residents to restart land occupation

Community leaders unhappy with outcome of meeting with mayor

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News | 25 April 2018

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Metrorail adds to commuter woes during bus strike

“Make use of alternative transport” says official

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Brief | 24 April 2018

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Hout Bay residents have title deeds but no houses

Bureaucratic bungling has left dozens in limbo for 13 years

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News | 24 April 2018

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Correcting social grant deductions is “expensive” and “inefficient”

Beneficiaries struggle to get back money taken in fraudulent debits to their accounts

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News | 23 April 2018

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SASSA’s disastrous disaster management

Residents were left without blankets and food after a fire in Wallacedene in February despite the City of Cape Town having notified SASSA officials

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News | 20 April 2018

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Study urges action to save Philippi’s farms

MEC Alan Winde commits to implementing recommendations

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News | 20 April 2018

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Hope for Maynard Street residents living in limbo

Councillor meets City tenants

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News | 20 April 2018

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Vrygrond occupiers give De Lille till Monday to respond

Community leaders have called temporary halt to occupation after meeting the mayor

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Brief | 19 April 2018

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In Masiphumelele’s wetlands, everyone dreads the winter

Shackdwellers fear they’ll be sidelined by City housing plans

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News | 18 April 2018

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Trapped in Bholobholo without a toilet for 10 years

City says sanitation and water taps will be installed in May

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News | 18 April 2018

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Violence erupts in Vrygrond after shack demolitions

Ward councillor says City is awaiting outcome of a court case over the vacant land

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News | 17 April 2018

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Truck stopped at gunpoint then set alight in Dunoon

Six people arrested as City continues demolishing shacks

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Brief | 17 April 2018