DIGNITY IS NOT NEGOTIABLE, ELECTRICITY FOR BACKYARD FAMILIES IS A BASIC RIGHT

Cape Town cannot continue to celebrate itself as “the best-run city” while denying thousands of our own backyard families the most basic and lawful service, electricity that is safe, individually metered, and compliant with our own policies.

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SA MUST TAKE FIRMER ACTION AGAINST “VOLUNTARY MIGRATION” OF PALESTINIANS

Although the 153 Palestinians who arrived in South Africa last week were not forced aboard the mystery aircraft at gunpoint, practically speaking, they were forcibly removed by the annihilation of infrastructure in Gaza, rendering it unfit for human habitation.

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CITY OF CAPE TOWN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION OF HOMES IN SIYANGENA, PHILIPPI

It is with profound outrage and sorrow that we note the tragic death of a young man in a devastating fire that destroyed 32 homes and left 52 people homeless in the Siyangena informal settlement in Philippi.

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