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NPA opens rape crisis centre in Mitchells Plain

19th August 2024 Mzi Velapi 0

The Thuthuzela facilities have led to increased reporting of cases and increased sentences but GBV rates remain high.

PSC calls for Israeli academics at microbial conference in Cape Town to be disinvited

18th August 2024 Mzi Velapi 0

The PSC says that allowing Israeli academics, that have no record of opposing the genocide in Palestine, to be speakers at the symposium makes the event complicit in genocide.

City of Cape Town evicts homeless people

16th August 2024 Chris Gilili 0

Homeless people say the shelters are like a prison, filthy and a death trap.

SACP and Cosatu lambast the ANC

5th August 2024 Chris Gilili Mzi Velapi 0

ANC’s alliance partners unhappy with the ruling party’s governing coalition.

Frustrated Khayelitsha residents march to demand Eskom re-open service centre

1st August 2024 Chris Gilili 0

In June, Eskom announced the closure of their customer service centre in Khayelitsha, to be replaced by ‘pop-up offices’, a decision that Khayelitsha residents reject.

Cosatu demands Sea Harvest be held liable for the disappearance of 11 fishermen 

31st July 2024 Chris Gilili 0

The trade federation in the Western Cape has vowed to intensify their action until they get answers from Sea Harvest.

PHOTOS | Informal settlement residents bear the brunt of Cape floods

19th July 2024 Vincent Lali 0

Residents of informal settlements have been the hardest hit by the heavy downpours, cold, and gusty winds that have engulfed parts of the Western Cape Province for the past two weeks.

FIFA postpones decision to ban Israel

19th July 2024 Mzi Velapi 0

FIFA’s reluctance to make a decision on the Palestinian federation’s submission paves the way for the Israel football team to participate in the Paris Olympics.

A week of misery for informal settlement residents

11th July 2024 Mzi Velapi Vincent Lali 0

The South African Weather Services has issued a level 8 warning for the Western Cape.

Storms and flood waters devastate Cape Town’s informal settlements

9th July 2024 Vincent Lali 0

Photos of Monwabisi Park in Khayelitsha and Covid Village in Mfuleni show the miserable conditions of their residents as storms lash the Western Cape.

City of Cape Town to remove homeless people from city centre

8th July 2024 Chris Gilili 0

“We believe that this decision will only further marginalize and traumatize an already vulnerable population”
– Homeless Action Coalition

Not a tap nor a toilet for the 200 people living in this Cape Town informal settlement 

4th July 2024 Chris Gilili 0

The private owners of the land will not apply to the City of Cape Town for services to be extended to the occupants and are applying for their eviction. The Human Rights Commission says new government policy requires the city to provide services.

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