The City of Cape Town has acted to round up homeless people from suburbs across Cape Town and dump them in giant tents on a remote sports field in Strandfontein – in conditions that can only be described as a concentration camp.
When national government published the lockdown regulations, the DA-led Western Cape jumped to challenge the rule forbidding cigarette sales.
While municipalities in Gauteng and Limpopo have announced steps to permit informal traders to sell food in the townships, the City of Cape Town is reportedly still considering the matter.
SOUTH AFRICA WAS HEADING FOR TOWNSHIP FOOD DISASTER
Panicky residents of Khayelitsha who have had their water supply disconnected by the City of Cape Town are pleading to be allowed to use their taps to maintain hygiene during the Covid-19 crisis.
The Covid-19 virus epidemic demands extraordinary action to combat an extraordinary threat to our society and wellbeing of South Africans. Anyone who can stay at home should do so, but for many workers, that is not an option.
Concerns over the spread of Covid-19 led to truncated proceedings in the Western Cape Provincial Legislature, and the adoption of the 2020/2021 budget without debate today.
WE ALL NEED TO PLAY BY THE RULES AND POLITICAL LEADERS MUST PRACTICE WHAT THEY PREACH
SOUTH AFRICANS CALLED TO RISE TO THE OCCASION OF AN UNPRECEDENTED MEDICAL EMERGENCY
WATER THEFT IN BARRYDALE: Klein Karoo farmer fingered for extracting more than fair share of water.Statement by Mark Rountree, National Policy Officer for GOOD15 March 2020---------------------------A case of over-extraction of water from…