City of Cape Town

City doing its best to tackle gang issue: JP Smith

Despite the frustrations of communities in gang-infested areas of the Cape Flats, the City of Cape Town has sought to ensure locals that it is doing everything within its power to address the rampant scourge of gangsterism. The City has faced increased scrutiny from the community, amidst an escalation in[…]

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City withdraws eviction orders – for now

The City of Cape Town has withdrawn the notices terminating lease agreements with 26 tenants living in City-owned properties along South Road in Wynberg. In a statement released on Thursday, the City said that while litigation seemed unavoidable, “we only want to proceed once we are convinced that all possible[…]

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Protests costs City millions

The City of Cape Town will be dealing with an estimated R18 million worth of damages due to the protest action after metro police managed to get a volatile service delivery protest under control by Marikana and Lower Crossroads residents in Phillipi East. The protests resulted in malicious damage to[…]

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Gang violence cripples city health services

Ongoing gang violence in Manenberg has resulted in services being disrupted at the local clinic as well as the recently launched Manenberg substance abuse treatment site. With daily gang cross fire, city staff have been forced to work under extremely volatile conditions. The City of Cape Town’s Health Directorate said[…]

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Lights could stay on in gang infested areas

The City of Cape Town is exploring the option of keeping street lights on during power outages to help with policing, specifically in Manenberg, Hanover Park and Ottery, a move welcomed by residents of the gang-ridden Cape Flats Mayoral committee member for safety and security, JP Smith, told News24 on[…]

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Samwu fed up with working conditions

Thousands of municipality workers in the Western Cape took to various municipal offices in full force on Monday in a demonstration demanding better working conditions and wage increases. The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) said it was forced to down tools as wage negotiations with the City of Cape[…]

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Why some people never get load shed

Dinner by candlelight conversations often get heated when a guest boasts that they are exempt from load shedding. Possible reasons for this included living near President Jacob Zuma or other powerful leaders. But this week, the City of Cape Town shed light on this heavy load for burdened consumers. As[…]

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Land invaders plan to hit several areas at once: City

Land invaders will attempt to hit several areas around Cape Town simultaneously in an attempt to spread police officials too thin, the City of Cape Town’s JP Smith told News24. Smith said the city was expecting further land grabs and crime intelligence suggested that invaders would try to target open[…]

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City to ban Seskhona marches

The Seskhona People’s Rights Movement says they are not deterred by the City of Cape Town’s plans to ban the group from marching in the CBD again. This follows after the group marched to the provincial legislature on Thursday and a few protesters broke away from the march and looted[…]

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Public Protector to investigate minstrel funding

The Office of the Public Protector (OPP) is to act on a complaint from the City of Cape Town in relation to minstrel funding, after allegations of mismanagement of funds. The complaint relates to funding dispersed to the Cape Minstrel Carnival Association by the National Lotteries Distribution Trust, which the[…]

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