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Human settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi ‘won’t bow to’ construction mafia
The minster said these groups take money and never do any work
Metro cops, SAPS clash over control
Tensions between the City of Cape Town and the police service over responsibilities mirrors the strain between national and local government
Wet worries for Cape Town’s poorest a perennial issue
A fortnight after an early winter downpour, a recently established informal settlement comes to terms with the Cape’s hydromorphology of seasonal floodplains.
Court must declare Cape Town’s ‘inhuman’ demolitions, evictions illegal, says law centre
The city argues that it is not carrying out evictions, but is acting against land invasions
Khayelitsha residents ‘evicted twice’ during lockdown
Cape Town Metro dismisses criticism that it illegally evicted people from a Khayelitsha settlement during the Covid-19 lockdown, arguing it was only demolishing unoccupied shacks