The Parkwood area was prominent in the news in May when a number of protests were staged over the lack of housing, a year after backyard dwellers had taken over vacant bits of land off Prince George Drive – ‘We want the land on the other side of the railway line, we want to go..
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Residents from 13 communities on the Cape Flats, plan to shut down the entrances and exits of their communities to highlight the shortage of affordable housing opportunities in Cape Town
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Politieke toestand van SA noop eienaars om ontslae te raak van eiendomme in ryk woonbuurte van Kaapstad – pryse daal nou tot 50%
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Eiendomspryse in die ryk woonbuurte van Kaapstad het gedaal met tot 50% van die aanvanklike verkoopsprys. Verkopers in woonbuurte soos Constantia en die by die Atlantiese oseaan het hul pryse tussen 20% en 50% laat daal in ʼn poging om ontslae te raak van die eiendom. Eiendoms makelaars meld dat die effens opwaartse flikkering na..
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Damvlakke in Wes-Kaap bereik rekord hoogte na vier jaar se droogte
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Die hoofopgaardamme vir die Kaapstadse metropool is gemiddeld naby aan 80% vol. Die gemiddelde vlakke van die Wes-Kaap se damme is die hoogste wat dit in vier jaar was – en nóg reën is op pad. Een van die damme wat die beste gestyg het, is die Theewaterskloofdam wat presies twee jaar gelede slegs 22%..
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Another body discovered this weekend on Table Mountain
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Police in the Western Cape have opened an inquest docket following the discovery of a woman’s body on Table Mountain, spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana confirmed on Saturday. The discovery was made on Friday afternoon. The unidentified woman, according to Rwexana, was in her mid-30s. “A post-mortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death,”..
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UK Foreign Office issued a warning to visitors of Table Mountain after Ukranian businessman was killed during a hike at tourist hot-spot
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A prominent safety group who monitor crime in the Table Mountain National Park have released a fiery statement on their social media pages, slamming the government and local authorities for failing to protect visitors. Visit Table Mountain at your own risk.” The embittered post was shared on Sunday afternoon, just a day after a Ukranian..
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Western-Cape: 21 shootings; 20 stabbings; and 5 murders occurred this weekend – SANDF presence not making any impact in, Murders increase by 46%
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After two weeks since the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was deployed into the Western Cape to combat rampant crime, it appears that the men in camo have been losing the battle so far. How many murders were recorded in Cape Town this weekend? The province’s Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, revealed that..
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Latest study finds over 6,000 people living on the streets of Cape Town
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According to a study concluded in November 2018, there were 6,175 people living in shelters and on the streets of the City of Cape Town. Most were males between the ages of 26 and 45. The majority lived in central Cape Town, Mitchells Plain and Bellville. Addressing an audience, most of whom were homeless, together..
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Garden Route blackout: A main transmission line has gone down in the Southern Cape, Towns plunged into darkness by Eskom fault
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An Eskom blackout plunged the Southern Cape and Garden Route into indefinite darkness on Friday morning. Reports coming in indicate that power has been restored to some municipalities. The apparent loss of a main transmission line in the Southern Cape is to blame for the powerlessness. According to Eskom, technicians were deployed to the affected..
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Army deployment to the Western Cape to help the police quell gang violence will cost R23.4m
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed the National Assembly that he has employed 1,320 members of the SA National Defence Force for service in cooperation with the police for the prevention and combating of crime and to maintain and preserve law and order in the Western Cape. In the letter, dated July 17, and addressed to..
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Uber bestuurder kop in een mus met misdadigers? – Bolandse gesin word gekaap en besteel In Stellenbosch
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Wat ’n heerlike aand vol pret en plesier moes wees vir ’n ouerpaar en hul twee kinders, ontaard in‘n nagmerrie rit na kapers toeslaan op Uber-taxi in Bolandse dorp Stellenbosch. Die gesin, wat anoniem wil bly uit vrees vir hul lewens, het Vrydagaand ’n geselligheid naby die stadsaal, in Stellenbosch bygewoon. Die pa het omstreeks..
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