Blikkiesdorp

The Two Tales of ‘Tin Can Town’

Article Niren Tolsi, Raeesa Pather & David Harrison - 26 Oct 2018

An upsurge in violence in Blikkiesdorp is linked to residents competing for homes in a new housing scheme

Shack dreams, shackled lives: Displaced poor pine for home

Article Raeesa Pather - 31 Mar 2017

What happens after the sheriff has come knocking?

Cape Town, use prime municipal land in the heart of the city to house the poor

Analysis Staff Reporter - 9 Sep 2016

Municipal property in the city should not be sold but used to build affordable housing

‘It’s like a concentration camp’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 7 Jun 2010

Blikkiesdorp, a vast temporary camp for Cape Town's homeless and evicted, has attracted a media spotlight ahead of the Soccer World Cup.

Life in ‘Tin Can Town’ for those evicted ahead of World Cup

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Apr 2010

Campaigners say conditions in Blikkiesdorp or "Tin Can Town" are worse than in the townships created during apartheid.

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Democracy will flounder sans Stats SA

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As the government bails out state-owned entities, it is leaving a hole in the budget of the agency tasked with telling us what South Africa looks like — one that is crucial to government decisions

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Online battle over the ‘white genocide’ narrative on social media has dangerous real-world consequences

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Scatec Solar begins another Upington project

Staff Reporter - 28 Feb 2020

SPONSORED Scatec Solar and partners have once again grid connected in the ZF Mgcawu District, and started early...

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Tourism can push Africa onto a new path – minister

Derek Davey - 25 Feb 2020

The continent is fast becoming a dynamic sought-after tourist destination

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South Africa’s education system is broken and unequal, and must be fixed without further delay

Derek Davey - 25 Feb 2020

The Amnesty International report found that the South African government continues to miss its own education upgrading targets

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Derek Davey - 25 Feb 2020

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