Sarah Fabie founded the Chatsworth Advice and Development office in 2015. She says they have had several meetings with the HDA to ask when the houses they were promised years ago, will be built. Photo: Peter Luhanga Chatsworth residents, near Malmesbury just outside Cape Town, want to take the Housing Development Agency (HDA) to court for not yet building them houses. Since … [Read more...] about Build our houses or face court action, community warns Housing Development Agency
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Top Lottery exec to face new corruption inquiry
Not for the first time, National Lotteries Commission chief operating officer Phillemon Letwaba faces charges of corruption and contravening various financial acts. Photo copied for fair use from NLC website Last week, National Lotteries Commission chief operating officer Phillemon Letwaba was served a letter of intention to suspend him. A few months ago, a disciplinary … [Read more...] about Top Lottery exec to face new corruption inquiry
Fire crew attacked responding to blaze where toddler died
Gugulethu resident Zandile Mzoyi beside the charred rubble of the home where a five-year-old boy died and his three-year-old brother suffered serious burns on Saturday night. Photo: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik A crew of firefighters was pelted with stones while trying to respond to a shack fire in Gugulethu in which a five-year-old boy died and his three-year-old brother suffered … [Read more...] about Fire crew attacked responding to blaze where toddler died
Work on River Club development in “willful” contempt of a court order, say picketers
Members of the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council and Observatory Civic Association picketed outside the site where constructions is underway on the River Club Development on Monday. Photo supplied by Tauriq Jenkins, spokesperson for the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council. Members of the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional … [Read more...] about Work on River Club development in “willful” contempt of a court order, say picketers
Homeowners clash with shack dwellers over electricity in Mfuleni
Mfuleni homeowners remove a pole with illegal connections during a protest on Friday. Before the City of Cape Town restored power on Saturday, the area had been dark for about a month. Photo: Siphokazi Mnyobe Homeowners and shack dwellers in Mfuleni clashed late on Friday over illegal connections in the area. The homeowners say they have been without power for about a … [Read more...] about Homeowners clash with shack dwellers over electricity in Mfuleni
