Just over 20 kms outside of the City of Cape Town lays a small community named Blikkiesdorp. Blikkiesdorp translated into English means tin village and that is what you see when you drive into the little village, through gates, you see row upon row of tin structures. What started out[…]
Earlier this week Cape Town Mayor, Patricia de Lille, unveiled the first 30 houses of the Heideveld Housing Development. While this is positive news, beneficiaries have raised concerns that the City of Cape have been transparent in the process of construction and have ignored the issues that were voiced by[…]
The Cape Town city council’s naming committee has unanimously rejected a proposal to rename a street in Blue Downs after alleged gang boss and drug lord Colin Stanfield. Committee chairman Brett Herron said the application to rename Zach Crescent was not in line with city council policy. “Stanfield was widely[…]
Numerous residents of the Heideveld area, who qualified for housing, are set to occupy completed units this April. While the project alleviates the problem of housing in the Province, residents from the Heideveld community are questioning the transparency of the housing process, as well as the quality of the constructed[…]
Hundreds of Dunoon residents protested outside the Mayor’s Office in Cape Town to protest against the lack of service delivery in the Dunoon area. A memorandum containing the residents grievances had been handed over to City officials as the mayor was unavailable to receive it. Spokesperson for the Dunoon protest,[…]
Approximately 10 people held a picket outside the Mayor’s office in Cape Town this afternoon, calling on the Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille to answer a memorandum that was handed over to her office two months ago. On the 6th of February the collective, under the banner of #GangsterismMustFall,[…]
After no response from the Mayor regarding the Gangsterism Must Fall march two months ago, community activists are determined to have their cries for help be heard. The march which took place in February this year was not well attended but it seems that has increased the determination of the[…]
The City of Cape Town is seeking to unlock R1,5 billion for the Clifton development, including ‘the Maiden’s Cove Urban Park. On 12 March 2016, the City invited tenderers to purchase or lease portions of three City-owned erven in the Clifton and Camps Bay area. The tender has been developed[…]
The City of Cape Town on Monday said it was investigating the arrest of a Law Enforcement officer who had been arrested during an operation to tackle illegal street racing. The City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security JP Smith said the officer was arrested along with four other[…]
Parkwood residents who erected illegal structures on private land have acted out of “frustration” due to housing bureaucracy. So says, Grassy Park Community Policing Forum (CPF) chairperson, Rev Phillip Bam, following violent clashes in Parkwood late yesterday afternoon as residents confronted law enforcement officers who were instructed to demolish illegally[…]
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