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Farmworkers march to demand a ban on harmful pesticides
The protestors want Germany to stop exporting 67 hazardous pesticides that are banned in Europe, to South Africa
The protestors want Germany to stop exporting 67 hazardous pesticides that are banned in Europe, to South Africa
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.
The South African Weather Services has issued a level 8 warning for the Western Cape.
Photos of Monwabisi Park in Khayelitsha and Covid Village in Mfuleni show the miserable conditions of their residents as storms lash the Western Cape.
Ward 95 residents blocked Baden Powell Drive demanding transparency from the councillor in EPWP job appointments.
The new police station in Makhaza that came as result of the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry of 2012 is not living up to the recommendations.
Khayelitsha residents attending the speak-out organised by Cry of the Xcluded decried the loss of every sense of security.
Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain voters want more police visibility, jobs for the youth and servicing of informal settlements.
Workers providing cleaning services to the City of Cape Town through an outsourced company were not paid their salaries for three months.
Blowey residents have been without electricity since the October fires that destroyed 150 shacks.