We need bowling greens and golf courses for affordable housing

How can a parking lot that is empty for 18 hours a day be a better land use than a home?

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Opinion | 12 March 2018

City removes 182 shacks in Khayelitsha

Some residents squeezed new structures among existing homes in Msindweni informal settlement

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Brief | 12 March 2018

Freight trains stopped for weeks as backyarders fight for land in Dunoon

“We need land to build shacks. If we demand houses we are going to wait till we are old and frail.”

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News | 10 March 2018

Cape Town is using aquifers responsibly

Groundwater abstraction based on a “no regrets” approach

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Opinion | 9 March 2018

Court interdicts PRASA from intimidating activists

“We are not going to accept undemocratic, repressive and violent behaviour in a democracy” says Zackie Achmat

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News | 9 March 2018

State surveillance a threat to journalism

Laws are being abused by corrupt state officials to spy on reporters for doing their jobs

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Opinion | 9 March 2018

Masiphumelele riders join the Cape Town Cycle Tour

Songezo Jim’s cycling academy is struggling to find a principal sponsor

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News | 9 March 2018

Dire need for housing is South Africa’s biggest challenge

We are on track to exceed our targets for the delivery of houses in Cape Town for the current financial year

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Opinion | 8 March 2018

Riot in Mfuleni follows shack removals

“I want to have my own place and stand on my own two feet because I’m an adult”

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News | 8 March 2018

Mother tells of her child’s death in shack fire

Family unable to afford funeral for nine-year-old

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News | 8 March 2018

Water curbs: a tale of rich and poor

Most water management devices installed in poor areas

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Analysis | 7 March 2018

Why we woke up Brett Herron at 5am with koesiesters

People evicted from their homes cannot be dumped in Blikkiesdorp or Wolwerivier

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Opinion | 7 March 2018

“We are 52 students in one container”

Philippi students marched to Parliament to demand better school infrastructure and more teachers

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News | 6 March 2018

City removes people occupying Gugulethu land

Eviction takes place despite upcoming meeting between mayor and occupiers

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Brief | 6 March 2018

Housing picket outside Brett Herron’s home

Herron says Wolwerivier is all the City can offer for now

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News | 6 March 2018

Car wash jobs threatened by water restrictions

Informal operators say it’s their only form of employment

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News | 6 March 2018