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Cape Town’s bloody gang violence is inextricably bound up in its history

8th August 2019 Don Pinnock 0

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

7th August 2019 Sinethemba Mbewana 0

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.

Army deployment having some impact

6th August 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Improved police visibility and a focus on illegal shebeens are some of the impacts that Nyanga CPF says the army has had since deployment in the township nineteen days ago.

Peeling back the layers on the role of private security companies in Africa

5th August 2019 Jonathan Powell Christopher Michael Faulkner Joshua Lambert 0

Private military and security companies have been regular fixtures in conflicts across the globe. For Africa, these corporations became increasingly visible with their role in […]

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City blames informal settlement residents for overflowing sewage

2nd August 2019 Anathi Mlonyeni 0

The City of Cape Town blames illegal dumping by residents for the overflowing sewage in Kosovo and Samora Machel.

Mothers of slain children march for justice

1st August 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

While the army has been deployed to crime-ridden areas of the Cape Flats, mothers of children slain years before are still marching for the resolution of their cases.

South Africa’s healthcare system can’t afford to ignore migration

31st July 2019 Sasha Frade Jo Vearey Stephen Tollman 0

Reflecting global trends, most migration in South Africa is internal – people moving between the country’s different provinces. South Africa is also home to a […]

Retraining and upskilling: solutions for the future of (human) work?

30th July 2019 Equal Times 0

In three years’ time, 42 per cent of task hours will be performed by machines or algorithms and humans will take care of the remaining […]

Report confirms services in Marikana are temporary

29th July 2019 Mzi Velapi Anathi Mlonyeni Sinethemba Mbewana 0

According to the report, basic services in Marikana are temporary, “anonymous and dehumanising”.

UNTU strikes for government to ‘fix the trains’

26th July 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

UNTU which is the majority union at Prasa wants the rail agency to be integrated with Transnet.

As young Croatians head west, employers are looking to foreign and retired workers to tackle labour shortages

25th July 2019 Equal Times 0

Wine is a family business for Toni Katunar. His family has been producing wine for decades, and their 20,000 vines are located on the paradise […]

Detective services in the Western Cape ‘dire’

24th July 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

A report by the Community Safety department in the Western Cape finds that detectives are under-resourced, lack training and that their work is not guided by intelligence.

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