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A Cape Town civic organisation says former minister of water and sanitation Lindiwe Sisulu has “usurped” the powers of the water tribunal by uplifting the suspension of a water use licence issued to the developers of the multibillion-rand redevelopment of the River Club in Observatory, Cape Town.
AMAZON

Sisulu and her adviser implicated in R4bn Cape Town development with Amazon as tenant

Lindiwe Sisulu and her adviser are accused of meddling in a R4-billion development in a sensitive Cape Town area meant to house Amazon’s Africa office

  • Sheree Bega
12 min read
AMAZON

Fight over controversial redevelopment of River Club heads to court

The R4.6-billion project, set to house Amazon’s new African headquarters, is on ‘sacred floodplain’, say applicants

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
A still from Im/mobility and the Afro-Imaginary, a split-screen film depicting the decades-long containing of Black people in urban spaces and the increasing push back.
BLACKLIVESMATTER

The Portfolio: Global Africa Lab

A project by Global Africa Lab explores the future of Black neighbourhoods affected by gentrification in New York City

  • Global Africa Lab
3 min read