Holding power to account
By Tania Broughton and Mary-Anne Gontsana
The City of Cape Town has paused its plans to significantly cut back on its Dial-a-Ride service for disabled people.
The municipality reached a settlement agreement with the Western Cape Network on Disability on Friday, which was made an order of court by Acting Judge Wallis Roux.… Read more
On Thursday morning, disability activists disrupted an Urban Mobility Portfolio Committee meeting at the Civic Centre over planned cuts to the City of Cape Town’s Dial-a-Ride service.
Among them were users of the transport service and representatives from Disability Revolution, QuadPara Association of South Africa, and #UniteBehind.… Read more
By Matthew Hirsch/GroundUp
Families facing eviction from 104 Darling Street – named Irene Grootboom House by some of its residents – are awaiting judgment from the Western Cape High Court.… Read more
Trains to Mitchells Plain on the Central Line have not been operational for six years, and several stations on the line remain closed.
The delay in reviving train services has left Mitchells Plain commuters reliant on alternative means of transport.… Read more
By Mary-Anne Gontsana/GroundUp
Disability organisations held a picket outside the Cape Town Civic Centre on Monday against the City of Cape Town’s planned cuts to the Dial-a-Ride service.
The City announced earlier this month that from 8 September, the transport service will only be available for wheelchair users and people with severe walking impairments.… Read more
By Matthew Hirsch/GroundUp
The Cape Town City Council has approved the sale of the “Fruit and Veg” site in the city centre adjacent to Roeland Street for social housing.
This comes eight years after municipal land between Kent and Bloemhof Streets on the border of District Six was first earmarked for affordable housing.… Read more
Hundreds of people, including many journalists, marched on the Sea Point Promenade in Cape Town on Sunday, protesting against Israel’s killing of journalists.
This comes after Israel killed six media workers at the al-Shifa hospital precinct in Gaza City on 10 August.… Read more
The legal challenge to the City of Cape Town’s latest budget brought by the South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) is based on a selective reading of the Constitution and the Municipal Systems Act, argues Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis.… Read more
Cape Town’s new Invested in Hope budget, which paves the way for spending almost R40-billion over three years, is under fire from commercial property owners, who have approached the court to declare parts of it unlawful.… Read more
By Matthew Hirsch/GroundUp
Six years after Founders Garden in Cape Town’s city centre was approved for social housing, the Western Cape Government has started the process of appointing a developer for the site.… Read more