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City tests out a shelter for homeless people who are drunk

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The Sober Space project caters for the intoxicated in need of a bed

By Matthew Hirsch

Bonelwa Xaka lived on the streets of Cape Town for more than five years. Now she is a peer support specialist in a “Sober Space” pilot project in Cape Town, set up to offer a place to homeless people who would be turned away from other shelters because they are drunk.… Read more

No to March and March, says Dunoon leadership

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Community leaders say immigration laws should be enforced by the state, not vigilantes

By Peter Luhanga

Community leaders in Dunoon have moved to shut down plans by anti-immigrant groups to march through the township, warning that the campaign against foreign nationals risks inflaming tensions and destabilising a fragile local economy.… Read more

Government waking up to using empty military land for housing

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An estimated 67,000 homes could be built at Ysterplaat, Wingfield and Youngsfield

By Matthew Hirsch/GroundUp

For decades, housing activists have been calling for under-used military land in Cape Town to be released for housing. This includes about 668 hectares of well-located land at the Wingfield and Ysterplaat airbases, adjacent to Century City, and at Youngsfield, between Wynberg and Ottery.… Read more

Dozens evicted from informal settlement in Green Point

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DA ward councillor says the eviction follows a long process of engagement with the group

By Matthew Hirsch/GroundUp

Chaos erupted near the Cape Town stadium, along Granger Bay Boulevard in Green Point on Wednesday, when a group of about 40 people living in makeshift shelters were forcibly removed.… Read more

Fishers fight offshore oil and gas drilling

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TotalEnergies taken to court over plans to drill wells off the west coast

By Liezl Human/GroundUp

Small-scale fishers and environmental organisations were in the Cape High Court on 23 March in a bid to halt oil and gas exploration by TotalEnergies along the West Coast.… Read more

The beauty of small things

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In a world scarred by ecocide, Lizzie Gaisford’s finely crafted debut solo album calls us to attend to what remains

There’s got to be a word for that specific kind of grief, sings Lizzie Gaisford on the fourth track of her debut solo album Love the Land, which is a poem, almost a requiem, for nature, for ecosystems, and for things lost and things broken.… Read more

Volvo power: it’s electrifying

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The marque’s offerings are making us rethink our penchant for petrol

The shift to electric vehicles (EVs) is real, and even more so now we’re facing a looming oil crisis. Swedish car maker Volvo is ostensibly near the forefront of the electric charge, with a broad range of EVs and an upcoming launch on the horizon.… Read more