'It's our duty not to be silent'

Joe Slovo residents who travelled to the Constitutional Court for their case were in a sombre mood after hearing argument. Pearlie Joubert reports.

Secret Joe Slovo rezoning plans

Western Cape housing minister Richard Dyantyi has applied to rezone land occupied by the informal settlement, despite residents opposing evictions.

Zille reads riot act to provincial govt

The provincial government's claims that the City of Cape Town was underspending on its budget were "outright lies", mayor Helen Zille said on Thursday. "I am deeply concerned at this pattern of dishonesty coming from the provincial government," she told a city council meeting.

Anger at Cape eviction order

The Cape High Court on Monday gave the go-ahead for the eviction of several thousand residents of the Joe Slovo informal settlement to make way for a housing development. Hundreds of Joe Slovo residents, who had gathered in the street outside the court, chanted angry slogans after the judgment was handed down.

Cape Town spy commission is unlawful, says Zille

The Erasmus commission appointed to look into the Cape Town city council "spy" saga is "unlawful and unconstitutional", city mayor Helen Zille said on Thursday. Zille said she had written a letter to Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool asking him to reconsider the commission on the grounds that it was a "gross abuse of power".

Joe Slovo 'relocation' in court's hands

The proposed relocation of residents of Joe Slovo informal settlement is a bid to reverse century-old wrongs, the Cape High Court was told on Thursday. Cape Judge President John Hlophe was hearing an application by provincial authorities for permission to relocate the community, currently living in shacks alongside Cape Town's N2 highway.

Commission of inquiry into Cape Town spy saga named

Head judge of the Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons Justice Nathan Erasmus will head the commission of inquiry into allegations of illegal surveillance by the City of Cape, Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool and provincial minister for local government and housing Richard Dyantyi said on Friday.

Zille: Cape Town spy inquiry an ANC smokescreen

Western Cape provincial minister for local government Richard Dyantyi's announcement that he intends to probe spy allegations against the City of Cape Town is an African National Congress (ANC) ploy to divert attention from Premier Ebrahim Rasool's woes, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Tuesday.

Chaaban removed from council meeting

The Cape Town City council on Wednesday upheld the metro disciplinary committee's recommendation that leader of the National People's Party (NPP) Badih Chaaban be expelled as councillor. Chief whip of the council Anthea Serritslev said a full sitting of council voted in favour of Chaaban's expulsion.

Remove Chaaban from office, committee recommends

A disciplinary committee of the Cape Town city council has recommended that controversial councillor Badhi Chaaban be removed from office. The disciplinary hearings -- which Chaaban claimed were a kangaroo court -- followed claims that he sought to bribe councillors to cross the floor to his National People's Party.

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