The Commissioner of the National Lotteries Commission Thabang Mampane’s trust owns a house on the Pecanwood golf estate, bought with money from the national lottery. Photo from the Pecanwood website: https://pecanwood.co.za, published as fair use Money from the National Lottery was intended to rebuild a Limpopo school which had been gutted by fire. Instead some of the money … [Read more...] about Money for school pays for Lottery boss’s golf estate home
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Relocation is “on track”, Mbalula tells families living along railway line
Families living on the railway tracks in Langa and Philippi will be relocated to this site in Philippi. Photo: Tariro Washinyira On Tuesday Minister Fikile Mbalula showed families living on railway tracks in Langa and Philippi the parcels of land in Philippi where they will be relocated. The Housing Development Agency is still in negotiations to acquire land in Macassar to … [Read more...] about Relocation is “on track”, Mbalula tells families living along railway line
Delegates storm out of NUMSA conference
The NUMSA congress went ahead this week in spite of a court interdict, but without delegates from Mpumalanga. Photo: Vincent Lali Western Cape and Gauteng delegates stormed out of the national congress of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Wednessday, demanding that NUMSA must “comply with its own … [Read more...] about Delegates storm out of NUMSA conference
Will Cape Town’s Central Line open in December? Mbalula says so…
Railway workers attend to overhead cables at Langa Station, watched by armed security guards. Photo: Tariro Washinyira Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula insists that the Central Line will be fully reopened by December 2022. But previous deadlines have been missed and commuters are sceptical after widespread theft and destruction of infrastructure on the line. A part of … [Read more...] about Will Cape Town’s Central Line open in December? Mbalula says so…
No City plan for backyarders on private land
One of six wendy houses where 25 people live in the backyard of this house in Maitland Garden Village, Cape Town. Hundreds of thousands of people live in backyard dwellings across the metro. Photos: Marecia Damons We spoke to backyarders and homeowners from two suburbs in Cape Town. In Eersteriver alone there are about 98,000 people living in backyard dwellings. City of … [Read more...] about No City plan for backyarders on private land
