Government

Understanding the groundbreaking Tafelberg judgment

218-page ruling orders the Province and the City to redress the legacy of spatial apartheid

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Law | 9 September 2020

Illegal occupations affect us all, says Mayco member

Over 300 land occupations in the Cape Town metro since January

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Right to reply | 3 September 2020

Court orders Eskom to restore full supply immediately

Supply of electricity is intertwined with the right to dignity, life and housing, says judge

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Law | 2 September 2020

Township parents build their own speed bumps to slow traffic

Fears for children’s safety after hit and run accident

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News | 2 September 2020

Plato accused of recruiting whites to help against “land invaders”

Mayor’s message mainly aimed at middle-class residents, say veteran social activists

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News | 1 September 2020

PE’s ward committee members protest against muncipality

They demanded backpay, skills development training and personal protective equipment

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News | 28 August 2020

Moral panic over human trafficking is hurting children, says report

State is using anti-trafficking measures “to justify practices that violate” rights

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News | 27 August 2020

Residents dissatisfied as ANC chief whip returns to troubled Stutterheim

“They sent back the person who failed us”

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News | 26 August 2020

PRASA appointment unlawful, says court

#UniteBehind took Fikile Mbalula to court for appointing Bongisizwe Mpondo as administrator

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News | 25 August 2020

They were relocated for the Nandoni dam. 22 years later they have still not been compensated

Over ten years ago the Public Protector said what steps needed to be taken. But the Department of Water and Sanitation has failed to implement them

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News | 13 August 2020

Old age homes on the brink of collapse as provinces cut funding

Some organisations go four months without subsidy from Department of Social Development

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News | 11 August 2020

Call for freeze on land sales in Khayelitsha

Khayelitsha Development Forum task team wants audit of land made public

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News | 6 August 2020

Motorists pay volunteers to fix potholes in Nelson Mandela Bay

Fed-up with waiting for the municipality, residents have taken matters into their own hands

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Brief | 6 August 2020

Musina sewage plant has been leaking for five years, say residents

Streams of filthy water flow through fields and past a school

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Brief | 6 August 2020

We won’t fix development until we fix our municipalities

Citizens have been reduced to passive beneficiaries of state assistance which often never arrives

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Opinion | 30 July 2020

At least four arrested during #ServeUsPlease protest

Police use a water cannon and stun grenades to disperse about 200 peaceful protesters

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News | 24 July 2020