Tenants of flagship Langa housing project mark township centenary in squalor

But the City of Cape Town says tenants of the N2 Gateway flats have refused to sign lease agreements, making maintenance impossible

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News | 8 May 2023

Ratepayers get behind new Safe Space for homeless in Green Point

New overnight shelter should be complete by end of the year

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News | 5 May 2023

Celebrating Langa through its artists

Founders of the township’s first art gallery have big plans for its future

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Feature | 28 April 2023

Freedom Day in Philippi: gunshots, robberies and piles of rubbish

Crime has free rein in one of Cape Town’s poorest suburbs

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Feature | 27 April 2023

Langa Centenary celebrations to kick off on Freedom Day

10km run to honour Makhosonke Fika, Langa’s legendary long-distance runner

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News | 26 April 2023

Fixing Cape Town’s railways will save families nearly R1-billion a year

We cannot wait any longer to save the city’s train service

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Opinion | 25 April 2023

PRASA’s decision to cancel railway security contracts “reckless and irresponsible” says SCOPA chair

Rail agency assures MPs that the Central Line in Cape Town would be fully operational by December

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News | 21 April 2023

Last-minute delay to court hearing on eviction of homeless people on Cape Town’s streets

The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa, representing about 120 homeless people, wants the City to provide “proper alternative accommodation”

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News | 19 April 2023

Returning refugees swell numbers at Wingfield camp, with no solution in sight

Families refuse to return to communities in Cape Town or to go back to their countries of origin

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News | 19 April 2023

Activists take Parliament to court over PRASA

#UniteBehind says Ethics Committee has failed to act

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Parliament | 18 April 2023

Loyiso Nkohla shot dead during political meeting

Former ANC councillor killed during a meeting over the future of the families living along the railway line in Cape Town

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News | 17 April 2023

Mass boeka transforms notorious Manenberg street

Over 200 people were treated to a meal as part of the annual “Boeka in die Laan” event on Sunday

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Photo Essay | 17 April 2023

People occupying Observatory site reject City of Cape Town’s housing offers

They argue that the sites in Philippi, Mfuleni and the Culemborg Safe Space are not reasonable housing options

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News | 14 April 2023

Why we investigated the Thabo Bester story

This was a story that was both immensely interesting and of immense public interest

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GroundView | 14 April 2023

Lack of funds forces Philippi vegetable soup kitchen to cut down on meals

Food for Life South Africa distributes plant-based meals over weekends across the Cape Flats and parts of the Western Cape

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News | 14 April 2023

From shack to stage: Dunoon playwright scoops awards

Play by Ayanda ka Nobakabona from Zwelitsha informal settlement in Cape Town wins awards

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Brief | 14 April 2023