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Red bait casts stench over tourist destination »
An unusual upwelling of red bait at Mossel Bay has cast a stench over large parts of the scenic town. The stench is so bad that tourist [...]
- Mob destroys woman’s shack after she criticises ward councillor
- Wife in double murder trial denies hiring hitman
- Working class moms send two bright sons to top SA varsity
- Pollsmoor prisoner ‘lost’, court hears
- PAC’s member of Parliament fighting to keep position
- Nurses joke as Du Noon patients suffer
- Three injured as police and Metrorail guards force commuters across railway line
- Residents burn suspected thief to death
- Future uncertain for taxi drivers
Arts
London Road: The heart of kindness »
Our humanity is best, and perhaps only, expressed when we do the unexpected, such as showing compassion [...]
Rose Red lifts the veil on an old tale »
Fairy tales are useful as a means of gently introducing children to the fact that the world can be an [...]
Sculptures vandalised as city named World Design Capital »
A series of 18 sculptures on the Seapoint promenade has been vandalised this week, the latest incident [...]
Protest
Backyarders accuse KDF of hijacking hospital jobs protest
The Mandela Park Backyarders and other Khayelitsha organisations have accused Khayelitsha Development Forum (KDF) of hijacking their protest over job allocations at the newly built Khayelitsha District Hospital. The Mandela Park Backyarders organised a march to hospital on Monday last week to demand that 60% of the non-professional jobs at the [...]
Security companies move to hire new guards as Metrorail strike continues
As security guards contracted to protect Metrorail stations and railway lines enter their third week of an illegal strike, some companies are hiring new guards to replace those that have downed tools. Chippa Security Company and Supreme Security are two of the seven companies contracted by Metrorail who have said they are hiring new guards in [...]
DRC refugees clash with cops as election violence spills over in Cape Town
Election violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) spilled over in the Cape Town CBD yesterday (Tues) as DRC refugees sympathetic to opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi protested against President Jacob Zuma’s perceived support of incumbent Joseph Kabila. Frustration among DRC refugees has mounted as election results, the [...]
Protestors burn tyres in housing protest, demand meeting with MEC
An angry crowd of about 200 residents blocked Pama Road in Khayelitsha Site B with burning tyres, rocks and rubbish yesterday morning in protest against a lack of housing opportunities. The residents, who came from S-informal settlement disrupted traffic between the major thoroughfare of Lansdowne Road and Pama road from about 4am until police [...]
Gvt car burnt in construction jobs spat
A spat over job allocations at a low-cost housing construction site in Mfuleni has sparked violent protests by Khayelitsha residents, culminating in a government-owned car being set alight on Tuesday evening. The protests by a core of over 100 residents from Khayelitsha’s Wards 90 and 92 who believe they should receive a percentage of the [...]
Community supports residents charged with vandalising ward councillor’s house
About 100 residents from Khayelitsha’s TR Section informal settlement marched to the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court on Monday to support six of their number accused of damaging the ward councillor and his secretary’s house last week. Six TR Section residents spent the weekend in custody after being arrested for breaking down the homes of [...]
Human Rights
Artist mugged, then arrested after »
After being mugged and having all his equipment stolen, a Cape Town artist approached police officers for help, only to be arrested and forced to spend a [Read More]
Environment
Red bait casts stench over tourist destination »
An unusual upwelling of red bait at Mossel Bay has cast a stench over large parts of [...]
City gives aliens the chop »
In an attempt to preserve the rich biodiversity in the Blaauwberg region along the west [...]
Putting the lavender back into Lavender Hill »
THE poverty, drugs and gangsterism that pervades life in Lavender Hill on the sandy Cape [...]
Housing
Mob destroys woman’s shack after »
A woman who spoke up against her ward councillor in Khayelitsha's RR Section on community radio station last week, had her shack destroyed in retaliation by a group of residents on Monday. Police arrested 13 people on Tuesday in connection with the incident. Each was [Read More]
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