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Vrygrond: Mayor’s new proposal for housing

Land close to landfill could be used if tests show it is safe

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News | 30 May 2018

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Our lives have changed for the better, say land occupiers

Former Khayelitsha backyarders say their financial problems have been eased, but councillor warns that land is unsuitable for living

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News | 30 May 2018

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Humansdorp moves to centralise taxi services

Seven taxi ranks are too many for the small town, say authorities

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News | 30 May 2018

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Protests erupt in Woodlands as shacks demolished

Shops looted, seven arrested

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News | 29 May 2018

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Land occupiers demand cheese factory site

We have nowhere else to live, say EbuMandini residents

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News | 29 May 2018

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Activists demand social housing on sports field in Green Point

“We have enough land for sports. We need housing.”

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News | 28 May 2018

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Mixed reaction to R42 million taxi rank for Dunoon

Housing should be the priority, say some residents as sports field occupied

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News | 28 May 2018

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Still no proper facilities for rape survivors at Khayelitsha court

Promises made in December have not yet been kept

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News | 28 May 2018

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Prospect of mining on Olifants River estuary alarms fishermen

Government grants prospecting rights to controversial Australian company

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News | 28 May 2018

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CPS drops its rate for social grant payments

Company prepared to accept R45 per cash beneficiary - for now

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News | 28 May 2018

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Private taxis cash in after Tsakane minibus rank closure

“When the cat is away, the mice will play,” says taxi driver

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News | 25 May 2018

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Pietermaritzburg woman feeds up to 150 gogos out of her own pocket

“She is the reason behind our smile,” says 80-year-old Sizakele Ntuli

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News | 25 May 2018

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No security at Home Affairs

Foreshore office even more chaotic than usual

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News | 25 May 2018

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More security for Cape Town’s trains in “two to three months” says City

The plan must prioritise commuter safety, says #FixOurTrains campaign

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News | 24 May 2018

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Another Abahlali activist shot dead

S’fiso Ngcobo shot seven times at his home

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News | 23 May 2018

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Parkwood erupts in protest after shack demolitions

“How must we sleep now? On glass, on sand, on bricks, on garbage? They took everything from us.”

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News | 23 May 2018