South Africa|Western Cape

Portia Michaels has stayed in Longlands for 28 years.

Farm community demands homes promised over a decade ago

Stellenbosch Municipality blames developer for delays

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Feature | 7 December 2018

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Westlake township residents get water one hour a day, while affluent neigbours have normal supply

Residents have to get up at 4am to get a small amount of water

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News | 6 December 2018

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Nearly 1,800 low-income families could benefit from Conradie Hospital housing project

Western Cape government confirms development will proceed

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Brief | 6 December 2018

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Concourt rules on debt collection notices

Justice for beneficiaries of low-cost Cape Town housing scheme

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Law | 6 December 2018

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Workers barred from picketing at Dis-Chem

Company claims historic victory in Labour Court; four workers arrested

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News | 5 December 2018

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Housing activists remove their shacks from inner city prime land

Court order brings housing protest in Cape Town CBD to an abrupt end on Tuesday night

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News | 5 December 2018

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PRASA spent millions on automated gates that don’t work

Lucky Montana used the 2010 World Cup to justify a closed tender for the gates, but work on them only began months after the event finished, according to the Public Protector

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News | 5 December 2018

About 100 Reclaim the City supporters and members protest on a piece of land labeled "SiteB" in the Foreshore.

Housing activists build shacks on prime inner-city land

“We are serious about decent and well-located affordable housing,” say protesters

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News | 4 December 2018

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Residents of informal settlement block new housing project

Kanana families want to be housed on site

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News | 4 December 2018

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Fire victims at Overcome Heights want electricity and water restored

It has been a month since a fire displaced 800 people

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Brief | 3 December 2018

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More sea cliffs collapse at West Coast mine

Mining company submits final application for massive expansion in the area

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News | 3 December 2018

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Safe Space helping to reintegrate Cape Town’s homeless

“They can help you, but it’s entirely up to you if you want to change your life”

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News | 3 December 2018

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Khayelitsha child care principals ask for fee increase

40 principals dressed in black protested outside the Department of Social Development

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Brief | 30 November 2018

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“The so-called future of this country is dying”

Learners battle government to make their schools clean and safe

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News | 30 November 2018

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Bo-Kaap Youth Movement calls for “peaceful and positive” solution to development impasse

Leadership denies receiving any financial compensation from property developers

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News | 30 November 2018

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Mitchells Plain model set for Vegas

Teenager with Down syndrome has already won two awards

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News | 30 November 2018