Articles for Marecia Damons

Activists want 12 more pieces of public land used for housing

Parking lots in Cape Town’s city centre should be used for affordable housing, says Ndifuna Ukwazi

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News | 9 May 2024

Commuters battle to get refunds after Cape Town train lines suspended

Metrorail power failure affects Cape Flats and Southern Line commuters on Tuesday

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News | 8 May 2024

The long battle of 300 families for toilets and taps

The land they live on in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, has been earmarked for a hospital

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Brief | 6 May 2024

Over 230 court judgments are late

The latest report does not list any judgments reserved in the last six months

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Law | 30 April 2024

Housing activists confront Western Cape Premier at coffee shop

Campaigners want government car parks developed for affordable inner city housing

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News | 29 April 2024

It took a year but Tafelsig’s streetlights are back on

1,000 residents needing help with service inquiries also went to a pop-up service hub hosted by the City

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Brief | 25 April 2024

Wheelchair users demand better access to transport

We spend R600 out of our R2,180 grant on transport, say disability activists

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News | 9 April 2024

Broken streetlights have led to a spike in crime in this Cape Town suburb

But the City says repairs are difficult because of safety risks in Tafelsig

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News | 2 April 2024

Cape Town school in the dark because it owes thousands to Eskom

A teacher at Vergenoegd Primary in Delft, Cape Town, says they discovered that the bursar office missed payments from August 2023

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News | 25 March 2024

Ramaphosa suspends Dipuo Peters

But only for a month

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Brief | 1 March 2024

Increase tax on sugary drinks to fund an increase in social grants, say activists

Higher sugar tax would also save on health care

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News | 21 February 2024

#UniteBehind’s seven-year push for accountability at PRASA

The activist group is fighting legal battles to bring those responsible for the collapse of railway services to book

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News | 20 February 2024

NSFAS has a horrible day in Parliament

Troubled adverse audit described. And over 36,000 student beds still to be accredited

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News | 14 February 2024

Video: We asked people what they want President Ramaphosa to say in the State of the Nation Address

“I want him to talk about crime … and youth who need jobs”

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Video | 8 February 2024

Court battle looms over Observatory pavement occupation

The City wants to move the occupiers to Delft South but they say that’s too far away

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News | 2 February 2024

People queue from 2:30am at Goodwood Labour office

The department encourages the use of its online system but many can’t use it

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News | 23 January 2024