Here's why sending troops to the Cape Flats is a very temporary fix: When the army moves into 10 troubled Cape Town neighbourhoods it will calm things down, as it did in 1998. But when they leave, if they can, the violence will bounce back, as it did then. Here are several reasons why. ...... Source: WN.com - Southafrica News Nelson Mandela International Day: A decade of … [Read more...] about Here’s why sending troops to the Cape Flats is a very temporary fix
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Bonteheuwel man launches athletics club for children on Cape Flats
Bonteheuwel man launches athletics club for children on Cape Flats: "I know there can be a Caster Semenya or Wayne van Niekerk here," says an enthusiastic Riyaad Avontuur, whose new club already has over 50 children from the gang-ravaged area on the Cape Flats. ...... Source: WN.com - Southafrica News WATCH: Inside the ruined Durban church where 13 people died: Dozens of … [Read more...] about Bonteheuwel man launches athletics club for children on Cape Flats
Two missing children found unharmed at Pretoria’s infamous Tambotie flats
Two missing children found unharmed at Pretoria's infamous Tambotie flats: Pretoria - Two children who were reported missing on Thursday night have been found unharmed at Pretoria's infamous Tambotie flats by a search party made up of police officers from the Sunnyside police station, detectives, the police crime intelligence unit, and the local family violence,... Source: … [Read more...] about Two missing children found unharmed at Pretoria’s infamous Tambotie flats
Cape Town families await repairs to fire-ravaged council flats
Cape Town families await repairs to fire-ravaged council flats: Two families have had to make do with living in a container and squatting with a neighbour while the City waits for insurance to fix their homes after their council flats were destroyed in two separate fires. ...... Source: WN.com - Southafrica News Kidnapped Parker’s family plead for him to be released … [Read more...] about Cape Town families await repairs to fire-ravaged council flats
Uprooting patriarchy: gender and urban agriculture on South Africa’s Cape Flats | The Conversation
Women make up the majority of an estimated 6000 urban farmers in Cape Town. Green RenaissanceMuch of the talk around urban agriculture in Africa deals with poverty, hunger and accessing food. And rightly so, as 40% of Africa’s urban residents practice some agricultural activity. These activities include producing eggs, fruit or milk, but the majority farm vegetables. In … [Read more...] about Uprooting patriarchy: gender and urban agriculture on South Africa’s Cape Flats | The Conversation
