About 30 people living in a Gugulethu community hall for nearly four years have been issued eviction notices by the City of Cape Town. Photos: Mary-Anne Gontsana About 30 people, including eight young children, have been living in a community hall in Gugulethu in Cape Town for four years. They initially erected structures on land next to the hall. But when the land flooded a … [Read more...] about Families living in community hall since 2018 face eviction
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Bitter battle over who represents Khoi tribe in Amazon development
Tauriq Jenkins represented himself in the Cape High Court. Photo: Steve Kretzmann A bitter battle is playing out in the Western Cape High Court over who can speak for a First Nations tribe in the controversial R4.6 billion Amazon development in Cape Town. The development, at the confluence of the Black and Liesbeek Rivers where Khoi people were first dispossessed of their … [Read more...] about Bitter battle over who represents Khoi tribe in Amazon development
Pollsmoor wardens picket for higher wages and better working conditions
Prison wardens picketed along the road outside Pollsmoor Prison in Tokai, Cape Town on Tuesday. Photos: Vincent Lali About 150 prison wardens stood shoulder-to-shoulder along the road outside Pollsmoor Prison in Tokai, Cape Town on Tuesday. The workers, supported by the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU), are demanding better wages and working conditions. Many held … [Read more...] about Pollsmoor wardens picket for higher wages and better working conditions
Conned security guards hold peaceful picket for forgiveness at UCT
The fired guards and their families gathered at UCT’s upper campus on Tuesday. They asked students to forgive them and support their plea to be insourced. Photo: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik The 31 security guards who were sacked after they disrupted a June exam gathered with their families at UCT to ask students to forgive them and for their support to be insourced. The guards say … [Read more...] about Conned security guards hold peaceful picket for forgiveness at UCT
Villagers have to dig for water because municipality fails to deliver
Resident of Mogogelo village in the North West, Masilo Modiba, says he and few other residents had to dig holes in order to access water through a pipe connected to the metres. Photo: Mosima Rafapa Villagers in Mogogelo in the North West have resorted to digging holes next to their water metres to access water intermittently. Taps in the village had been dry for over 12 years … [Read more...] about Villagers have to dig for water because municipality fails to deliver
