South Africa|Western Cape

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Trains now run to Khayelitsha, but the Central Line is still not fully operational

Metrorail says work on remaining stations was delayed by rains

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News | 19 August 2024

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Pre-dawn operation moves homeless people off Cape Town’s streets

City is offering “Safe Space” shelters but some people don’t want to go there

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News | 16 August 2024

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Stop new mining on West Coast, say fishers

“We depend on the ocean”

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News | 16 August 2024

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Homeless people removed from Cape Town’s city centre

“We want everybody to have dignified accommodation,” says ward councillor

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News | 15 August 2024

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Bail denied for Cape Town attorney charged with attempted murder

Court rules attorney Rael Kassel is a flight risk

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Brief | 15 August 2024

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City of Cape Town says progress on rail devolution is too slow

Draft National Devolution Strategy has not yet been made public

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Brief | 15 August 2024

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Security guard strike hits Western Cape SASSA offices

Several offices closed on Tuesday

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Brief | 14 August 2024

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Five months after police drive into woman, breaking her pelvis, SAPS probe is still incomplete

Nolwazi Tokhwe says her life has dramatically changed

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News | 13 August 2024

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Aunty Bettie: a lifetime of fighting for women farm workers

“If you know your rights you can stand up for yourself”

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Interview | 9 August 2024

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“If you come here after 7h30, you probably won’t get helped”: the struggle to get into a SASSA office

Social grant beneficiaries get up before dawn or sleep outside the office in Eerste River

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News | 8 August 2024

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Cape Town lawyer charged with attempted murder

Rael Kassel is alleged to have attacked his partner in June

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News | 7 August 2024

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City of Cape Town starts moving people from city centre streets following court judgment

Those who have not already chosen to leave will be evicted next week

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News | 7 August 2024

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Extortion war shuts down schools and businesses in Cape Town

A letter, apparently written by gangsters in Philippi, warns they will kill Somalis if extortion fees are paid to their rivals

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News | 7 August 2024

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Cape Town lawyer accused of race attack must answer to charges, says magistrate

Gary Trappler fails in bid to have malicious damage to property case struck off the roll

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Brief | 5 August 2024

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Cape Town’s beloved Zip Zap Circus is moving

New premises will be the old Dome “on steroids”

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News | 5 August 2024

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Hundreds march in Khayelitsha to demand that Eskom re-open its service centre

Protesters say they were not consulted

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Brief | 1 August 2024