South Africa|Western Cape

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Somerset West residents will get long awaited pedestrian bridge

School children from Garden Village cross the busy N2 in peak traffic

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Brief | 28 June 2019

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“We close the doors when the gangs are shooting outside”

Manenberg library provides a safe haven for kids

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Brief | 27 June 2019

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Masiphumelele fire station set to open this year

The project was set back by nearly two years over the appointment of the contractor

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Brief | 27 June 2019

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Inquest into death of baby after teargas fired in Marikana

Alunamda Mncedane died during Monday’s protests in Philippi, Cape Town

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News | 26 June 2019

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Transport minister dreams of bullet trains … but commuters want Metrorail to work now

Civil society and commuter groups tell Fikile Mbalula their demands

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News | 26 June 2019

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Three children rebuild their shack – again

City of Cape Town says only unoccupied shacks were demolished, but residents disagree

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News | 26 June 2019

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Employees at luxury guesthouse win unfair dismissal case

CCMA rules against theLAB Lifestyle

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News | 26 June 2019

Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula took a train from Khayelitsha to Langa but it didn't go as planned.

Minister abandons commuters on train

After severe delays on Metrorail, transport minister Fikile Mbalula went back to his sirens and “blue light brigade”

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News | 25 June 2019

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Pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals found in fish caught off Cape Town’s coast

City’s waste is ending up in its fish

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News | 25 June 2019

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Marikana informal settlement erupts in protests

Vehicles torched and shack dwellers tear-gassed as Philippi East residents demand services from the City of Cape Town

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News | 24 June 2019

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GROUNDVIEW: Julius Malema’s attack on the judiciary is self-serving

Our courts are not without problems but they have done as much as any arm of the state to realise the Bill of Rights

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GroundView | 24 June 2019

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Investigation into Esethu Mcinjana arrest “almost finalised” say police

A month later, police have not yet returned Mcinjana’s house keys to her

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Brief | 24 June 2019

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Cape Town storm pics: informal settlements hard hit by high winds

“The house was shaking and if I slept I knew I would be putting my life in danger”

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Photo Essay | 23 June 2019

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Hard work and little pay: pushing heavily-laden trolleys while dodging traffic

Competition is stiff between the men who push trolleys for vendors in the Cape Town city centre

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Photo Essay | 21 June 2019

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Judge says roadside May family are “authors of their own fate”

Courts make inhumane decisions based on legal facts and are not in touch with our people on the ground, says farm workers’ rights organiser

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News | 21 June 2019

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Mother can’t afford to bury her son, found dead days after police arrested him

“There is no evidence that his death was due to police action” says IPID

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News | 21 June 2019