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Cape Town’s ‘pro-poor’ budget is pro-rich, say opposition parties

CAPE TOWN BUDGET

Cape Town’s ‘pro-poor’ budget is pro-rich, say opposition parties

By Tessa Knight

City of Cape Town moves 19 families to a new transitional facility in Salt River

HOUSING CRISIS

City of Cape Town moves 19 families to a new transitional facility in Salt River

By Karabo Mafolo

Residents asked to comment on plans to address apartheid planning in Cape Town districts

Spatial Planning

Residents asked to comment on plans to address apartheid planning in Cape Town districts

By Karabo Mafolo

Distortions, distractions and falsehoods in the City of Cape Town’s riposte to Kuils River effluent article

RIGHT OF REPLY TO A REPLY

Distortions, distractions and falsehoods in the City of Cape Town’s riposte to Kuils River effluent article

By Lesley Green, Nikiwe Solomon, Jo Barnes and Leslie Petrik

Street Talk: Free Land! (Video)

STREET TALK

Street Talk: Free Land! (Video)

By Street Talk

Safety and security: Vandalism of CCTV cameras thwarts the fight against crime in Cape Town

NEWSDECK

Safety and security: Vandalism of CCTV cameras thwarts the fight against crime in Cape Town

By Karabo Mafolo

Cape Town city council votes in favour of Bo-Kaap’s heritage protection

BO-KAAP PRESERVATION VICTORY

Cape Town city council votes in favour of Bo-Kaap’s heritage protection

By Suné Payne

Cape Flats groundwater too dirty to drink without treatment

GROUNDUP

Cape Flats groundwater too dirty to drink without treatment

By Steve Kretzmann for GroundUp

Radical new housing deal proposed to break apartheid barriers

GROUNDUP

Radical new housing deal proposed to break apartheid barriers

By Steve Kretzmann

Cape Town’s Murals of Life

GROUNDUP

Cape Town’s Murals of Life

By Steve Kretzmann for GroundUp

City of Cape Town proposes amendments to municipal planning by-laws to aid inclusivity

SPATIAL PLANNING

City of Cape Town proposes amendments to municipal planning by-laws to aid inclusivity

By Sandisiwe Shoba

Environmental management needs to be democratised

OP-ED

Environmental management needs to be democratised

By Lesley Green, Nikiwe Solomon, Jo Barnes and Leslie Petrik

MyCiTi strikers' demand for insourcing reaches dead-end

GROUNDUP

MyCiTi strikers' demand for insourcing reaches dead-end

By Steve Kretzmann

Nasty chemicals are accumulating on Cape Town’s coasts

GroundUp

Nasty chemicals are accumulating on Cape Town’s coasts

By GroundUp

City fails to publish water quality tests for two years

groundup

City fails to publish water quality tests for two years

By Steve Kretzmann for GroundUp

Bo-Kaap must have heritage status, say residents of the country’s oldest Muslim settlement

MUSLIM HERITAGE

Bo-Kaap must have heritage status, say residents of the country’s oldest Muslim settlement

By Suné Payne

City of Cape Town, PPA 'sang from the same hymn sheet' on Clifton saga

Newsdeck

City of Cape Town, PPA 'sang from the same hymn sheet' on Clifton saga

By News24

Plato aims to inject extra R165m into Cape Town policing

CAPE TOWN CRIME

Plato aims to inject extra R165m into Cape Town policing

By Suné Payne

Setting the record straight on the DA’s billboard

Right of Reply

Setting the record straight on the DA’s billboard

By Solly Malatsi

Manenberg set to transform from ‘concentration camp’ – but not everyone is happy

DEVELOPING THE CAPE FLATS

Manenberg set to transform from ‘concentration camp’ – but not everyone is happy

By Suné Payne and Bonita Williams Sune Payne and Bonita Williams

Cape Town’s approach to sewage disposal causing ‘apocalyptic’ problems, researchers warn

CAPE OF (SH*T)STORMS

Cape Town’s approach to sewage disposal causing ‘apocalyptic’ problems, researchers warn

By Rebecca Davis