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Monday May 20th 2013

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Corruption allegations »

15.05.2013 A simple lack of communication over plot numbers appeared to be what caused continuous protests over housing allocations in a Mfuleni [...]

Arts

A slip ‘tween show and tell »

19.05.2013 It is fascinating how the most innocuous of things are most often life’s most fateful [...]

Unexpected pleasure »

08.05.2013 The reality of obtaining what you desire never lives up to the expectations created by the [...]

The unbearable burden of being a barnstormer »

26.04.2013 The apparently willful ignorance of salaried accountants regarding South African Revenue [...]

06.05.2013 Parents from Zwelitsha and Nkanini informal settlements prevented school buses from taking children to Ludwe Ngamlana Primary school in Kuyasa on Monday in protest against there not being a school in their area of Khayelitsha. The protest, which also extended to preventing children being transported to Jongo Primary in Khayelitsha [...]

Thousands march against Motshekga

24.04.2013 Learning was cancelled at 48 schools in the Western Cape today as 2 400 teachers and learners joined a Sadtu protest march calling for the firing of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshegka. The protest march organised by the SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) had the support of Cosatu, National Education, Health and Allied [...]

City arrears notices burnt on Civic Centre steps

19.03.2013 Over 300 people claiming to be members of the new United Democratic Front (UDF) marched to the Civic Centre yesterday demanding title deeds to houses they claim to have been renting from the City for over ten years. Led by Mario Wanza and Sulyman Stellenboom, the UDF members, who burnt the City’s final notices for payment of [...]

Teenager shot in Du Noon eviction protests

19.03.2013 A Du Noon teenager suspected of being involved in the looting of foreign owned spaza shops in Du Noon in the wake of violent protests which began on Monday is fighting for his life after having being shot in the back on Tuesday morning. Monday’s protest was sparked by the demolition of shacks illegally built on land owned by a [...]

Housing allocation debacle at N2 Gateway project

14.03.13 Residents from Joe Slovo informal settlement in Langa protested outside the provincial legislature yesterday claiming the N2 Gateway housing project task team was handing houses to beneficiaries from outside the township instead of using the City’s housing list. The 100 residents said they represented about 2000 residents from Joe [...]

Poultry workers protest against imports

18.02.2013 Fearing job losses due to cheap imports of chicken from Brazil and the European Union, about 100 members of the Food Allied Workers Union (FAWU) protested in Plein Street outside Parliament yesterday calling for government intervention. The protestors, most of whom were women, worked for Astral Poultry. They held placards [...]

Human Rights

Metrorail burns down »

09.05.2013 Metrorail security guards stand accused of burning down about 50 stalls from which hawkers trade at the Khayelitsha train station on Tuesday [Read More]

Environment

$Anti fracking campaign hots up following US award$ Anti fracking campaign hots up following US award »

13.05.2013 The town of Graaff-Reinet in the Karoo is set to become a battle ground [...]

$US environmental prize spurs SA anti-fracking campaign$ US environmental prize spurs SA anti-fracking campaign »

15.04.2013 The South African anti-fracking campaign looks set to gain ground after [...]

Wind energy remains largely unused »

13.03.2013 Although the country’s first ‘wind farm’ in Darling on the west coast [...]

Housing

Corruption allegations at Mfuleni »

15.05.2013 A simple lack of communication over plot numbers appeared to be what caused continuous protests over housing allocations in a Mfuleni housing project that resulted in damage running to millions of rand since October 2010. Following a number of protests over [Read More]