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Thursday July 29th 2010

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Sanco embarks on RDP clampdown in Du Noon

Police arrested for theft from Somali shop »

Four policemen from the Crime Combating Unit were arrested in Cape Town on Monday night after having allegedly stolen R400 and goods to the value of [...]

Environment

Climate finance for a green economy »

There are an increasing number of global climate funds available to invest in climate change mitigation [...]

Muti poachers: Vulture »

A belief that smoking a vulture’s brains brings powers of clairvoyance to the smoker – supposedly [...]

A million jobs? Where? When? »

An apparently erroneous statement published in the International Herald Tribune almost six months ago has [...]

Protest

Church members say no to xenophobia

They were brandishing knobkieries and banners, but they were also dressed in smart suits and waving bibles. (more...)

Yugendree Naidoo Right to dignity violated, says HRC The Human Rights Commission (HRC) released the results of its investigation into the Khayelitsha open-air toilet saga today (04/06/2010) following a complaint by the regional ANC Youth League in January. (more...)

Impasse over Khayelitsha toilet saga

Steve Kretzmann The saga over toilets provided for residents in Makhaza, Khayelitsha, appears to have reached an impasse, with the City of Cape Town having removed the remaining unenclosed toilets until residents erect their own structures, while sporadic protests continue to flare up. (more...)

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Human Rights

Mixed attitudes on xenophobia »

Extensive interviews with residents of Khayelitsha and Du Noon townships in Cape Town this week found no evidence of a co-ordinated plan to attack African [Read More]

2010WorldCup

No sex please, we’re watching soccer »

Yugendree Naidoo It appears the perception that sex workers would do brisk [...]

Football fever goes rural »

Yugendree Naidoo Football fever has not been confined to South Africa’s urban [...]

Township residents score from Knysna’s ‘FanSquare’ »

Katherine Wilkinson The public World Cup viewing area in Knysna has been a boon to [...]

Arts

Soccer brand gets a (striped) foot »

Caitlin Ross Soccer and art are conventionally considered poles apart but global brand adidas have found a way of melding them in a mix and match space in the heart of lower Woodstock’s up-and-coming warehouse district. And although the World Cup is in full [Read More]