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DA councillor suspended over housing invasions

A DA councillor has been suspended for allegedly instigating the biggest post-1994 home invasion in SA, the director general of housing has said.

DA councillor found guilty

A City of Cape Town disciplinary committee has found DA councillor Frank Martin guilty of encouraging people to invade homes at Delft in the city.

Invasion councillor faces disciplinary hearing

A Cape Town councillor who allegedly encouraged the invasion of new homes at Delft on the Cape Flats is to go before a disciplinary committee, city speaker Dirk Smit said on…

DA dismisses land-invasion allegations

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille on Friday dismissed as ”posturing” Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool’s threat to sue the DA over recent land invasions in Delft. ”A…

Cape Town earmarks land for Delft homeless

The City of Cape Town has begun providing water and toilets for evicted occupants of homes in Delft, and has earmarked a site for them to move to, mayoral committee member Dan…

Western Cape govt mulls lawsuit over Delft

The Western Cape government may join in a contemplated R20-million lawsuit claim against a Democratic Alliance (DA) councillor it claims is behind the illegal occupation of…

Delft homeless appeal for food and water

A spokesperson for about 1 800 people evicted from unfinished homes in Delft on Thursday appealed for water and food for the group, now living on a site adjacent to the…

Delft eviction case postponed again

The Cape High Court on Tuesday again postponed the Delft eviction case — the application will now take place on January 29. The court furthermore urged Democratic Alliance city…

Court to rule on N2 Gateway eviction

More than 100 backyard dwellers from Delft and other areas of Cape Town will return to the Cape High Court on Thursday to contest their eviction from a government housing scheme.…

DA councillor in court over Delft housing incident

A Democratic Alliance Cape Town city councillor, Frank Martin, appeared briefly in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court on Friday after his arrest on Thursday for allegedly…

Prolific music modernist dies aged 79

Karlheinz Stockhausen, a controversial giant of musical modernism whose works were seldom embraced by mainstream concert audiences, died on Wednesday at his home in…