City ordered to halt work on historic Salt River hall

Stop works order issued by Heritage Western Cape as no heritage permit obtained

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Brief | 8 July 2024

Farm workers demand transparency on pesticide regulations

Newly appointed Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen says protest was “premature”

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Brief | 5 July 2024

Last 100 Paradise Park residents in Hermanus evicted

Decade-long battle to stave off eviction comes to an end

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News | 5 July 2024

New shelter for homeless people in Muizenberg

The site for a 60-bed “Safe Space” is still being finalised

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News | 4 July 2024

Khayelitsha women want to start a clothing factory

“We want others to see that as women, we can create our own opportunities and succeed,” says founder of sewing business

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News | 3 July 2024

Outcry over loss of sports field to make way for a hospital in Gugulethu

The site is a poor choice and the impact on the community was not considered, say residents

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Brief | 2 July 2024

Bold and colourful designs at Khayelitsha Fashion Week

Designers from across the Cape Flats showed their creations at Artscape

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News | 2 July 2024

Arm-wrestling pulls record number of contenders to national champs

The tournament was held in Paarl at the weekend

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News | 1 July 2024

Two people die as fire rips through crowded backyard in Strand

Community leader says there were 13 shacks in one yard in Nomzamo township in Cape Town

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Brief | 1 July 2024

Eskom to close its community service centres in Khayelitsha and Bellville

City of Cape Town condemns decision and says there is a “notable increase” in complaints from customers supplied directly by Eskom

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News | 28 June 2024

UCT council adopts Gaza resolutions

Call for immediate ceasefire

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Brief | 25 June 2024

Hermanus magistrate messed up in domestic violence case, judges rule

The High Court set aside the conviction and sentence of a man accused of breaching a protection order

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Law | 25 June 2024

Cape Town’s relocated railway occupiers protest over water

The R300 was blocked for several hours in what the community say was a “last resort” to be heard

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Brief | 25 June 2024

President urged to make sanitary pads free

I_Menstruate Movement launches “period poverty” exhibition in Franschhoek

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Brief | 24 June 2024

PRASA fined R25,000 by City of Cape Town for contravening zoning laws

Temporary relocation of families occupying central line contravened municipal by-laws

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Brief | 22 June 2024

Court grants order to evict hundreds of people living on streets of Cape Town

But judge puts strict conditions on the way the eviction must be carried out and emphasises that the city also belongs to the evictees, as it does to those who live in mansions

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Law | 19 June 2024