South Africa|Western Cape|Boland

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Trains to return to Stellenbosch by year end, says Metrorail

Residents struggling to pay for alternative transport look forward to the return of rail services

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News | 5 December 2023

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Hundreds of women farm workers march to Paarl police station

Among the demands is that police in the Cape Winelands be trained on how to properly handle GBV cases

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Brief | 4 December 2023

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Asbestos roofs still haven’t been replaced in Stellenbosch municipal housing

Residents of Cloetesville flats say they keep asking for repairs to be done

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News | 28 November 2023

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Spoekiesdorp families haunted by past evictions and uncertain future

“Many of us are here because we were evicted from farms. We were dumped here”

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News | 17 November 2023

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Families evicted from farms have been dumped in Spoekiesdorp

The households in the Worcester informal settlement must be relocated, says the South African Human Rights Commission

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News | 31 October 2023

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“I was fearing for my life” officer tells court during homeless murder trial

Her colleague is on trial after Dumisani Joxo was shot and killed in 2022

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News | 12 September 2023

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Farm workers march against pesticides

They call on European company to stop exporting EU-banned pesticides to South Africa

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News | 9 September 2023

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Five years ago 80% of Stellenbosch medical students said they were mistreated. What has changed?

Researchers hope to repeat and expand a study that also found high rates of racial and gender discrimination

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News | 13 February 2023

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Stellenbosch backyarders threaten to occupy golf course

Backyard Dwellers’ Forum say they’ve been left out while others are housed

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Brief | 23 November 2022

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Stellenbosch University hosts 16km walk to pay off students’ debt

The #Action4Inclusion campaign was started in 2020 and hopes to raise R2 million by Christmas to help those who can’t afford registration, accessing marks and other material

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Brief | 29 November 2021

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Volunteers in Kayamandi wake up at 4am to keep their community safe

Residents welcome patrol initiative

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Brief | 7 July 2021

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Elections 2021: Witzenberg a ‘model municipality’ tarnished by poor waste management and unemployment

Budget choices in Ceres favouring the administrative centre over neighbouring towns littered with potholes and sewage

Text and Photos by Steve Kretzmann

News | 30 June 2021

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Labour Department to probe “poor conditions” on Cape farm

Workers are demanding running water, lower electricity rates and improved housing

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News | 16 March 2021

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WCED struggling with increased learner admissions for 2021

A Stellenbosch parent has been battling to find place for his son

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News | 20 November 2020

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Family “dumped” in Wellington can’t travel to work and school

They were forcibly evicted from their home on a farm in Paarl where they lived for 23 years

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News | 27 October 2020

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20 shacks ignited in five minutes in experiment

University fire engineering research shows that fire-resistant paint does not work

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Science | 12 October 2020