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Explore the rich history of the Old Castle Brewery Building in Woodstock, Cape Town. Once a coastal suburb, Woodstock's shoreline was pushed back for development, and this iconic…
City engages lawyers in dispute with Woodstock civic group
The Woodstock Residents’ Association received a lawyer’s letter after it questioned the City of Cape Town’s submissions ahead of an appeal process next week
Cape Town’s plan to appeal Woodstock land use resolution ‘short-sighted’
The city council wants to overturn the heritage authority’s resolution to conserve green space
Conserve historic Castle bowling green in Woodstock — study
There’s enough space at the old hospital site for the social housing units meant for a park in densely populated Woodstock
City clings to Woodstock report that might alter housing plan
A social impact assessment recommends a bowling green in the Cape Town suburb be made into a community park, not used for social housing — and residents agree
For Cape Town – with love and squalor
Political rhetoric can’t plaster over the city’s divides and rewrite its haunted past
Why place matters in celebrating Jo’burg’s club history
The history of clubbing in Jo’burg is less about physical space and fading memories, but about the sheer, frightful necessity of dancing
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
Making soup is easier than beer, my brew
The Woodstock Brewery, the Drifter Brewing Company and Stellenbosch Breweries are unable to make beer under lockdown regulations. So they’re making soup for food relief instead.
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In today’s America plagued by shootings, Woodstock 2.0 unlikely
Major events in America now are not complete without metal detectors — and the ever-growing paranoia that a gunman could be in the crowd.
Queers and the allure of gangs
People ostracised by society often have to make alliances with other outcasts in order to survive
M.I.A tackles gentrification amid Woodstock concert controversy
M.I.A is known for her anti-capitalist stance. So the choice to perform at a symbol of gentrification in Woodstock raised speculation among her fans.
I’m not a pilchard, I won’t live in a tin’
Residents facing eviction from their Woodstock homes “have no right or entitlement” to be accommodated at a location of their choice
Judge questions City’s plan to send Woodstock families to Wolwerivier
Residents of Bromwell Street in Woodstock continue to be entangled in a legal tussle with the City of Cape Town over looming evictions to Wolwerivier