CAPE TOWN MASS KILLINGS UNDERLINE TALE OF TWO CITIES – AGAIN

The killing of seven people in a pair of mass shootings on the Cape Flats on Wednesday night once again gruesomely underlines the tale of two mutually exclusive Cape Towns: One that wins global awards as among the finest places on earth, and the other where living conditions and public safety are on a par with the worst and most dangerous ghettoes in the world.

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Robin Hendrikse

GOOD APPLAUDS SAPS RESPONSE, URGES PROACTIVE POLICING TO PROTECT STELLENBOSCH

The GOOD Party in Stellenbosch commends the swift actions of the South African Police Service (SAPS) following Sunday’s dramatic shootout at a chain store in Newinbosch, which resulted in the arrest of five-armed suspects linked to an attempted business robbery.

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PUBLIC PROTECTOR CONFIRMS WHAT THE DA’S OWN BUDGET COULD NOT: TWO CAPE TOWNS, ONE UNDER-SERVED

The Public Protector's Report, released today, confirms in binding, constitutional terms what residents of Langa Flats and Khayelitsha have said for years: that the DA-run City of Cape Town has failed to deliver the basic municipal services it is constitutionally obliged to provide.

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CONCOURT ORDERS CAPE TOWN TO SCRAP APARTHEID SPATIAL PLAN

The Constitutional Court has dismantled a central pillar of the DA’s policy to maintain spatial injustice in Cape Town, ordering that the fact that public land has a high value should not preclude it from being used to address governments’ constitutional obligations to transformation.

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