South Africa|Western Cape|Cape Town

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Lives of poor and working class people upended by violent taxi strike

“Ordinary people like me are the ones suffering” says patient as clinic services impacted by taxi strike

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News | 4 August 2023

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Checkmate: Gugulethu chess coach shares her passion with youth

Gugulethu Chess College under-11 team to go to provincial tournament

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News | 4 August 2023

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Thousands of commuters stranded, vehicles petrol bombed and traffic gridlocked as taxi strike causes chaos on Cape Town roads

City seeking urgent interdict against the taxi strike

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News | 3 August 2023

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MyCiTi the focus of Cape Town’s new public transport business plan

A 15-year public transport plan passed by Council focuses on road-based public transport in the face of collapsed rail system

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News | 3 August 2023

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Heritage approval granted for social housing development at old Woodstock hospital

The City of Cape Town has welcomed heritage approval to proceed with its social housing plans, but the hospital is already occupied

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News | 1 August 2023

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Khayelitsha volunteers roll up sleeves to clean up uncollected rubbish

Residents say the contractor stopped cleaning over two months ago because of a dispute with the City

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News | 1 August 2023

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Workers struggle amidst post office failures

The appointment of business rescue practitioners for the South African Post Office has been ratified

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News | 31 July 2023

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Six family members, including three children, die in Khayelitsha shack fire

One person is still being treated in hospital for life-threatening burns

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News | 31 July 2023

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This vaccine at birth can save thousands of lives

Hepatitis B is a silent killer and one of the leading causes of liver cancer

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News | 31 July 2023

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A month’s worth of garbage piles up on Dunoon streets

City waste removal contract ended on 30 June, with no waste collected since

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News | 31 July 2023

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Ten years after GroundUp revealed her plight, a disabled woman and her autistic son are still living in a tiny shack with no electricity or sanitation

Musa Pani is now 17 and nothing has changed for the better

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News | 27 July 2023

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Western Cape government to decide on homeless shelter in District Six

Public submission process has closed

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Brief | 26 July 2023

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Wayne Deck: an exemplary civil servant

Cape High Court clerk’s legendary work ethic should inspire others

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Opinion | 26 July 2023

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Khayelitsha families rally to help bury three children who died after playing on dump site

City of Cape Town and SAPS are investigating the deaths

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News | 25 July 2023

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Supporters of gay rights and EFF members go head to head at UCT

Tensions ahead of lecture by controversial Kenyan professor

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Brief | 24 July 2023

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Over 1,000 shack dwellers protest: “We are tired of living in squalor”

City of Cape Town accused of “persistent failure to collect rubbish ” in informal settlements

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News | 21 July 2023