Construction workers are at work renovating the buildings which will become the new Cape Town Refugee Reception Centre in Epping, Cape Town. Photo: Tariro Washinyira The long-awaited Cape Town Refugee Reception Centre in Epping is finally taking shape, with builders hard at work on the site of the new building. The office is due to be opened early next year after court battles … [Read more...] about Cape Town Refugee Reception Centre finally takes shape
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Lottery cracks down on sky-high spending on lawyers
Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel says he has asked the National Lotteries Commission for details of legal expenditure. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks Minister Ebrahim Patel has asked the National Lotteries Commission for details of legal costs involving himself, media houses and journalists. Legal expenses last year skyrocketed to … [Read more...] about Lottery cracks down on sky-high spending on lawyers
GroundUp sued by Iqbal Survé … but for only R5-million
The litigious Iqbal Survé. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks GroundUp is being sued for R5-million by Iqbal Survé, and Independent Media, Independent Online and Independent Newspapers. Survé is chairman of the Independent Media group. Survé is claiming damage to his reputation following the publication of our editorial: Iqbal Survé’s newspapers take the side of the Lottery … [Read more...] about GroundUp sued by Iqbal Survé … but for only R5-million
Delft households without electricity for weeks at a time
Some of the electricity poles have been fitted with makeshift ladders to make accessing the illegal connections easier. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana Residents of Eindhoven in Delft, Cape Town, say they are without electricity for weeks at a time because of illegal connections to the grid from people in an informal settlement nearby. Three weeks ago, a power outage lasted two … [Read more...] about Delft households without electricity for weeks at a time
Judge makes U-turn on State Security Agency judgment
The Pretoria High Court judge who ruled against the publication of a report on a State Security Agency document has finally made her judgment public. Graphic: Lisa Nelson Judge Daisy Molefe has decided to make public her judgment suppressing an Independent Newspapers report on a leaked State Security Agency document. The judgment, handed down on 5 October, followed an … [Read more...] about Judge makes U-turn on State Security Agency judgment
