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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SANDF deployed to Cape Town’s gang-infested areas to curb crime, but no army deployed to curb farm murders?
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The South African National Defence Force will join an operation to clamp down on Cape Town’s gang infested areas on Friday, Police Minister Bheki Cele announced on Thursday evening. He made the announcement towards the end of his budget speech, and elaborated further at a press briefing shortly thereafter. He said after last weekend, where..
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