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Pro-Palestine activists call for permanent ceasefire

The Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town was a sea of red, white, green and black on Sunday as hundreds of people gathered to commemorate the 77th anniversary of Nakba Day. The rally was organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC).… Read more

Informal settlement residents have been replacing shacks with brick and mortar homes

By Peter Luhanga/GroundUp

Trouble flared up for the third day on Wednesday in Dunoon as protesters from Ezihagwini informal settlement vented their fury over the demolition of brick walls a resident had erected in an attempt to build a home.… Read more

Thomas Torr refused to respond to complaint of antisemitism and threatened to kill judge’s registrar

By Tania Broughton/GroundUp

Thomas Leyland Torr, reportedly an aspiring comedian, has been found guilty of hate speech in the Equality Court, sitting in the Western Cape High Court.… Read more

Not all in favour of affordable housing on site

The City’s intention to sell more than four hectares of prime land spanning Green Point and Sea Point was discussed at a public online meeting attended by about 100 people on Wednesday evening (7 May).… Read more

Jaftha brothers help heal a history of land dispossession

Liezl Human/GroundUp

Hundreds of coloured families were forcibly removed from Constantia in the 1960s and ‘70s under the apartheid Group Areas Act but a fifth-generation flower farming family is bringing their rich history to life.… 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

Several social housing projects in Cape Town will go to tender this year

Matthew Hirsch and Daniel Steyn/GroundUp

MEC for Western Cape Infrastructure Tertuis Simmers announced this week that he intends to finalise the tenders for three major inner-city housing projects built on state-owned land in Cape Town.… Read more

The land value of the site ranks “among the highest in the southern hemisphere”.

• The City of Cape Town has approved the sale of more than four hectares of prime land traversing Green Point and Sea Point.
• The site currently includes the Sea Point library and civic centre, which are to be retained.