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Observatory occupiers “at the mercy of the City and Gugulethu residents” (opens the original)
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The deadline for people living in Singabalapha informal settlement along Observatory Main Road to vacate the site is looming but they say they have nowhere to go. Archive photos: Dave Fisher By court order, occupiers of Singabalapha informal settlement along Main Road, Observatory, must vacate the area by the end of November. But they say they do not know where to go. The City of Cape Town had planned to relocate them and also families from Masonwabe to a site in Gugulethu, but the Masonwabe gro
Families’ 8-year battle for housing is over (opens the original)
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Ntombekhaya Maputa is one of about 30 people relocated from the Luyolo Community Centre to aa temporary relocation area (TRA) in Mfuleni. The group had been occupying the community hall for eight years. Photos: Mary-Anne Gontsana Families who were occupying a community hall in Gugulethu have finally been relocated by the City of Cape Town, ending a nearly eight-year battle for housing. In 2018, a group of backyarders occupied open land in NY112. Their shacks were repeatedly demolished, and an ev
Western Cape police do not have enough rape evidence kits, MP warns (opens the original)
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New stock: boxes of rape kits ready for collection by police units in the Western Cape. Photos: Mary-Anne Gontsana Even though the Western Cape has received more rape kits and is expected to receive another batch during August, police Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) units are only receiving a fraction of what is needed, according to DA MP Nicholas Gotsell. On Friday, Parliament’s portfolio committee on police chairperson Ian Cameron and Gotsell conducted an oversight
Gugulethu residents refuse to share land with Observatory occupiers (opens the original)
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Residents from the Singabalapha informal settlement in Observatory attend a meeting with families from the Masonwabe temporary relocation area in Gugulethu. The City plans soon to relocate the two groups to a site in Gugulethu. Photos: Mary-Anne Gontsana A meeting meant to unify two communities waiting to be relocated by the City of Cape Town descended into chaos this week. Residents from Singabalapha informal settlement, along the main road in Observatory, attended a meeting with families livin
Two years and counting: police torture case postponed again (opens the original)
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Three SAPS officers appeared at the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court on Monday facing charges of torture in an incident that dates back to November 2023. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana On Monday, three police officers accused of beating and torturing Juma Igiraneza, a barber at his workplace in November 2023, made a brief appearance in the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court. But the case was yet again postponed because an interpreter was not present. CCTV footage captured several police officers repeatedly assault
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