By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert As consumers bear the brunt of high food prices, fuel increases, and the general cost of living, many are left fuming as the City of Cape Town increase the electricity tariff to 17.6% at the start of July, greater than the National Energy Regulator of South[…]
By Daanyaal Matthews Mitchell’s Plain residents made their voices heard at the Lentegeur Civic Hall yesterday as The Department of Correctional Services hosted a public community engagement session to discuss the parole placement of Norman ‘Avzal’ Simons also known as the notorious ‘Station Strangler’. Simons was convicted in 1995 where[…]
By Aneeqa du Plessis Concerns are mounting among Bo-Kaap residents as gentrification threatens to eradicate the heritage of the birthplace of Islam in South Africa. This comes after the City of Cape Town (COCT) recently approved its Local Spatial Development Framework (LSDF) for the area that will set in motion[…]
Despite plans for a protest in the cholera-hit township of Hammanskraal, Tshwane, the community is going about its business as normal. Residents claim that the protest was never going to materialise because the water problem in the area was not ‘something new’. According to some community members, the protest is[…]
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) says the frustration of the people of KwaZulu-Natal is understandable following delays to bring relief to flood victims in the province. Many communities and political parties have raised dissatisfaction regarding the pace at which the relief efforts and recovery missions are moving. At least[…]
There remains strong police and army presence at the Strandfontein Sports Grounds after a group of homeless people were involved in an altercation with police on Tuesday. About 1000 homeless people are living in a temporary shelter set up by the City of Cape Town to keep them off the[…]
Image courtesy: Johann du Plessis This week is a significant week for Capetonians, as they mark 54 years since the forced removals of District Six. More than 66,000 people were evicted over the course of 15 years and relocated to the fringes of the Cape Flats as the colourful area[…]
The regulations around the Heritage Protection Overlay Zone (HPOZ) will have an impact on all of those who own property in the Bo-Kaap, in particular as it relates to new developments, restorations, and the maintenance and alteration of properties. The HPOZ was approved by the City of Cape Town’s council[…]
Calls for a thorough investigation to be intensified continue to mount after eight people were killed in an explosion in Macassar near Somerset West on Monday night. A community meeting was held in the area Tuesday night to lend support to the victims of the explosion disaster at the Rheinmetall[…]
By Loushe Jordaan Emotions were high at the Mitchell’s Plain Magistrate’s court on Wednesday as the suspect in the Stacey Adams murder case made his first court appearance. The suspect, Christopher Lee Brown, portrayed had a stone cold face and at one point smiled, as he stood in the dock.[…]
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