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‘Intimidation’ among Cape Town migrants discourages reintegration efforts

REFUGEE CRISIS

‘Intimidation’ among Cape Town migrants discourages reintegration efforts

By Sandisiwe Shoba

Our Oasis: Living on the edge of urban encroachment

PHILIPPI HORTICULTURAL AREA

Our Oasis: Living on the edge of urban encroachment

By Sandisiwe Shoba

Philippi Horticultural Area judgment hailed a victory for water scarcity and the climate crisis

FARMERS TRIUMPH

Philippi Horticultural Area judgment hailed a victory for water scarcity and the climate crisis

By Sandisiwe Shoba

‘We have nowhere to go’: Cape Town refugees fear the worst after court grants interdict

GREENMARKET SQUARE CRISIS

‘We have nowhere to go’: Cape Town refugees fear the worst after court grants interdict

By Sandisiwe Shoba

Victory in court for Philippi Horticultural Area

Maverick Citizen

Victory in court for Philippi Horticultural Area

By Estelle Ellis

City wins in High Court bid to enforce by-law to curb activities of Greenmarket Square refugees

NEWSFLASH

City wins in High Court bid to enforce by-law to curb activities of Greenmarket Square refugees

By Sandisiwe Shoba

Gwede Mantashe’s dithering exacerbates the energy crisis

Analysis

Gwede Mantashe’s dithering exacerbates the energy crisis

By Stephen Grootes

Municipalities can buy their own alternative power

#SONA2020

Municipalities can buy their own alternative power

By Karabo Mafolo

Methodist church refugees are not ‘homeless’, says City of Cape Town

FOREIGN NATIONALS: COURT HEARING

Methodist church refugees are not ‘homeless’, says City of Cape Town

By Sandisiwe Shoba

Cape Town’s course of injustice: Subsidising the rich to exclude the poor

Op-Ed

Cape Town’s course of injustice: Subsidising the rich to exclude the poor

By Michael Clark

Greenmarket Square refugees reject City of Cape Town’s offer of reintegration

GroundUp

Greenmarket Square refugees reject City of Cape Town’s offer of reintegration

By Lucas Nowicki for GroundUp

Things Fall Apart in the church of refugees

A REFLECTION

Things Fall Apart in the church of refugees

By Karabo Mafolo and Sandisiwe Shoba

City to use bylaws to remove refugees

GroundUp

City to use bylaws to remove refugees

By Barbara Maregele for GroundUp

City of Cape Town vs Refugees: A tussle between human rights and ‘rule of law’

CHURCH REFUGE

City of Cape Town vs Refugees: A tussle between human rights and ‘rule of law’

By Sandisiwe Shoba

Meet the homeless woman who’s taken Cape Town to court for fining her

MOTHER CITY BLUES

Meet the homeless woman who’s taken Cape Town to court for fining her

By Sandisiwe Shoba

City of Cape Town moves to evict occupiers of old circus school

GROUNDUP

City of Cape Town moves to evict occupiers of old circus school

By GroundUp

High Court Judge calls for ‘amicable solution’ to Cape Town refugee crisis

Displaced Migrants

High Court Judge calls for ‘amicable solution’ to Cape Town refugee crisis

By Sandisiwe Shoba

Court testimony: Social housing at Sea Point site would address apartheid-era spatial planning

TAFELBERG BATTLE

Court testimony: Social housing at Sea Point site would address apartheid-era spatial planning

By Suné Payne

Phyllis Jowell Jewish Day School promises some affordable housing on Tafelberg site

GroundUp

Phyllis Jowell Jewish Day School promises some affordable housing on Tafelberg site

By Madison Yauger for GroundUp

Sea Point housing hot potato

TAFELBERG COURT CASE

Sea Point housing hot potato

By Suné Payne

Olver’s latest municipal dissection casts Cape Town politics in dim light

BOOK REVIEW

Olver’s latest municipal dissection casts Cape Town politics in dim light

By Rebecca Davis