Weekly newsletter 02 - 06 June 2014: Lwandle community homes demolished and other stories
Lwandle
Lwandle residents to move to new SANRAL-owned land
Hundreds of Lwandle residents whose homes were demolished earlier this week will be moved to new SANRAL-owned land next week.
Barbara Maregele
Evicted woman: \xe2\x80\x9cI came to Cape Town to give my children a better future\xe2\x80\x9d
News: Veronica Lujabe moved to Cape Town from Lesotho because she wanted a better future for her children. This week her house in Lwandle was demolished.
Pharie Sefali
Miserable day for people who lost homes, but baby rumoured to be dead is alive
News: It\xe2\x80\x99s cold and raining in Cape Town tonight. Ice particles formed on the ground outside the Nomzamo Community Hall in Strand where hundreds of residents, whose homes were demolished over the last two days, are sheltering.
Pharie Sefali and GroundUp staff
Videos from Strand demolitions
News: Here are two short video clips from the demolitions of people's homes that took place in Strand yesterday.
Adam Armstrong
Accusations fly as Strand homes demolished
Featured Story: \xe2\x80\x9cThe law is the law\xe2\x80\x9d said a spokesman for the South African National Road Agency Limited (SANRAL) yesterday as hundreds were left homeless in the rain after the demolition of their shacks on SANRAL-owned land near Strand.
Barbara Maregele and Adam Armstrong
Community desperate as their homes are demolished
News: Hundreds of people were left homeless at Nomzamo settlement in Strand on Tuesday. Shacks were smashed down while their owners watched.
Pharie Sefali and Adam Armstrong
Reports
Khayelitsha commuters unite to tackle Metrorail
News: A group of Khayelitsha residents are preparing to confront Metrorail with their complaints about the train system.
Joy Shan
Angy Peter trial: Court allows dying man's remarks
News: Remarks made by Rowan du Preez accusing accusing activist Angy Peter and her husband of necklacing him, will be admitted into evidence, the Cape High Court ruled this morning.
Barbara Maregele
First green bakery in Khayelitsha opens
News: Lufefe Nomjana used to bake 25 loaves of spinach bread a day and walk up to 25 kilometres to distribute them. Now he has launched the first green bakery in Khayelitsha, Espinaca Innovations.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
Sewage from blocked Khayelitsha toilets overflows into family\xe2\x80\x99s yard
News: A Khayelitsha mother fears her children\xe2\x80\x99s health is at risk as the sewage from the newly installed toilets metres from her home constantly overflows into her yard.
Barbara Maregele
Photo stories
Floods as storm hits Cape Town
Photo story: Low lying areas of Squalo on Vanguard Drive, close to Mitchell's Plain, flooded yesterday. The heavy downpours reminded Capetownians why the Mother City was named “The Cape of Storms”. Click any photo to start a slideshow.
Armand Hough
Water
Photo story: For many Cape Town residents, getting clean water is a daily effort. And in some parts of the city, polluted canals run alongside people's houses. Click any photo to start a slideshow.
Masixole Feni
Opinion
Cape Town\xe2\x80\x99s informal settlements the same, despite facelift
Opinion: Ruth Massey recently undertook doctoral research in Cape Town\xe2\x80\x99s Makhaza and New Rest settlements. Here, she shares her concerns about the way informal settlements are being managed.
Dr Ruth T. Massey
Fix our healthcare system so that we may live!
Opinion: Access to the Constitution and constitutional education in isiXhosa is not an an added extra\xe2\x80\x94it is a constitutional right, argue Tim Hodgson and Mluleki Marongo.
Tim Hodgson and Mluleki Marongo
Unions get back to democratic basics
Opinion: Misunderstanding and confusion about the platinum sector pay issue persists. And much of the media is to blame for repeating, without analysis, the public relations spin of the mining companies.
Terry Bell
Brief
Calm returns to Ocean View after violent protests
Brief: Calm has returned at Ocean View following violent protests, which erupted on Thursday over the Mountain View Housing Project.
Johnnie Isaac
Interview
An interesting life: a chat with World War II veteran Simmy Lewis
Interview: Simmy Lewis is 96 and a South African veteran of World War II. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day, GroundUp spoke to Lewis about the war, his views on race and living with increasing frailty.
Introduction written by Nathan Geffen, Camera and video editing by Neo Sithole
Book review
Shades of exploitation in Tshuma\xe2\x80\x99s Shadows
Review: Zimbabwean writer Novuyo Rose Tshuma has set her first collection of short stories in Bulawayo and Johannesburg.
Joshua Masherow
Cartoon
Lwandle
Roberto Millan
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