Members of the Goringhaicona and others opposing the River Club development celebrate the dismissal of an urgent application to depose Tauriq Jenkins (centre) as supreme high commissioner of the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council. Together with the Observatory Civic Association, the council has led litigation against the development. Photo: Steve … [Read more...] about River Club contempt of court hearing pushed back another week
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Electricity poles uprooted by shack dwellers demanding power
Hundreds of people from Area 11 informal settlement in Gunguluza, Kariega, protested early on Thursday, demanding their shacks get electricity. Photos: Thamsanqa Mbovane About 400 shack dwellers from Area 11 informal settlement, Gunguluza, took to the streets of Kariega in the early hours of Thursday morning. Several electricity poles were uprooted, and a car and truck were set … [Read more...] about Electricity poles uprooted by shack dwellers demanding power
Western Cape fishers want rights allocation process to be started all over again
Unsuccessful applicant Nicolette Weitsz wants the fishing rights allocation process scrapped and restarted. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks Fishers and owners of small fishing companies have called for the fishing rights allocation process to be scrapped and started again. They say they are at a disadvantage with respect to bigger companies. At meetings in the Western Cape over … [Read more...] about Western Cape fishers want rights allocation process to be started all over again
New court challenge to decision to scrap Zimbabwean permits
The Zimbabwean Immigration Federation will challenge the decision to scrap the issuing of visa exemption permits to Zimbabweans living in South Africa in court. Archive photo: Tariro Washinyira The Zimbabwean Immigration Federation is to challenge the decision by the South African government to scrap permits for Zimbabweans. The federation says the permit system was a … [Read more...] about New court challenge to decision to scrap Zimbabwean permits
NUMSA office-bearer “election” goes ahead despite interdict
Irvin Jim, General Secretary of NUMSA. Source: GovernmentZA via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0) The National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) says Irvin Jim has been re-elected general secretary at the union’s congress in Cape Town, in spite of a Labour Court interdict against the congress going ahead. NUMSA’s application for leave to appeal Judge Graham Moshoana’s ruling in the … [Read more...] about NUMSA office-bearer “election” goes ahead despite interdict
