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  • Residents from Bo-Kaap protest by attempting to stop a crane from entering the area. The development is a 12-storey apartment block being built by BLOK Urban Developers. Residents said that gentrification is forcing them out - Ashraf Hendricks
  • South African president Cyril Ramaphosa speaks to residents in Hanover Park during a walk around for the launch of the Anti-Gang Unit. The aim of the unit is to fight organised crime and drug distribution in the cape flats. - Ashraf Hendricks
  • Over 800 people were left homeless after a fire ravaged Overcome Heights, an informal township in Vrygrond. - Ashraf Hendricks
  • Over a thousand people are left homeless and one person was killed after a fire ravages the SST Section in Khayelitsha. - Vincent Lali
  • Residents protest for services including a community hall and police station in Witsands in Atlantis - Ashraf Hendricks

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Photo of people watching the State of the Nation address
Photo of people watching the State of the Nation address
People watch the State of the Nation address from inside a shop just outside Parliament.
9 February 2017
Theewaterskloof Dam
Theewaterskloof Dam
Theewaterskloof Dam during a severe drought in the Western Cape.
24 April 2018
Ocean View residents protests over lack of policing
Ocean View residents protests over lack of policing
About 150 Ocean View residents block Kommetjie road in Cape Town during a protest over inadequate policing.
21 September 2017
Flats in Parkwood
Flats in Parkwood
Council flats in Parkwood
9 July 2018
Protest against Jacob Zuma
Protest against Jacob Zuma
Thousands march to parliament during a protest against President Jacob Zuma in Cape Town.
7 April 2017
Cape Town Magistrates Court
Cape Town Magistrates Court
Cape Town Magistrates Court
16 January 2018
Flats in Parkwood
Flats in Parkwood
Council flats in Parkwood
9 July 2018
Elsie's River Protest
Elsie's River Protest
A boy watches as law enforcement and resident clash after a families shack is demolished in Leonsdale, Elsie’s River.
29 March 2017

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