Steve Kretzmann

The City is trying to move them to its Safe Spaces, but lawyers argue they deny people their rights to privacy, dignity, and freedom of movement.

An attempt to evict dozens of people living in and around Hope Street Park in lower Gardens is before the High Court, with the park occupiers arguing the City’s Safe Spaces are not suitable as alternative accommodation.… Read more

Community alleges their input over ecologically sensitive land has not been taken into account

Residents of Blaauwberg on Cape Town’s west coast are locked in a battle over a proposed development on ecologically sensitive land in Big Bay.

About 30 families are currently living on the land in shacks.… Read more

But plan lacks firm targets, commitments, and timelines

• A Service Level Plan to give the City of Cape Town oversight of commuter rail in the metro has been years in the making.
• In December, mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis celebrated Prasa finally signing the plan.

Scientists aboard state-of-the-art research and supply vessel have been tracking ocean health

• South Africa’s icebreaker ship, the SA Agulhas II, has returned to Cape Town after taking supplies and a relief crew to South Africa’s Antarctic base.
• The ship had first sailed to East London where public were invited aboard during an open day before the two-day voyage home, which media and members of Parliament were invited to join.