Small-scale farmers march for land and support
The small-scale farmers need common grazing lands to be opened by the municipality so that they can raise their livestock.
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Isixeko asinasingcwangciso sokuphuhlisa indawo yamatyotyombe angakwindlela iBaden Powel
Njengoba inkqubo yokuphuhliswa kwamatyotyombe ingumgaqo-nkqubo ka rhulumente, isixeko saseKapa sithi asizukubabonelela ngenkonzo abahlali base Azania Square
Cape Town’s bloody gang violence is inextricably bound up in its history
When the apartheid government decided to evict people it called Coloured from Cape Town’s inner city, it set off a chain reaction that now requires military intervention. More than […]
‘No plan to provide services’ to Azania Square
While the upgrading of informal settlements programme is government policy to tackle their developmental challenges, the City of Cape Town says that it will not provide services to the new settlement.
City blames informal settlement residents for overflowing sewage
The City of Cape Town blames illegal dumping by residents for the overflowing sewage in Kosovo and Samora Machel.
Report confirms services in Marikana are temporary
According to the report, basic services in Marikana are temporary, “anonymous and dehumanising”.
Sowing seeds of resistance: the fight for food sovereignty in Palestine
This article is accompanied by a mini-documentary. Click here to watch. Food sovereignty in Palestine is inextricably linked to the fight for self-determination. Land dispossession in […]
Marikana residents say better lighting could curb crime in the area
Marikana residents will continue without streets lights that could curb crime in the area as the City of Cape Town awaits the outcome of its appeal against a court order that it acquire the land from the private owner.
Housing organisations welcome Red Ants suspension
Organisations representing poor and working class people who have borne the brunt of the marauding Red Ants in the past, are celebrating the suspension of the company. .
Data fails to capture complexity of South Africa’s unemployment crisis
It’s been 25 years since democracy dawned in South Africa. But apartheid’s legacies still scar the country. Poverty remains high; inequality remains extreme – and […]
We tested baby food sugar levels in South Africa. This is what we found
South Africa has the highest rates of childhood obesity in the world, with an alarming figure of 13%. The global average stands at 6%. One of the […]
Why South Africa should seriously consider taxing its wealthy citizens
This is an edited extract from a chapter in the recently published The state of the nation: poverty & inequality: diagnosis, prognosis and responses. It’s well-established […]
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