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Disability activists disrupt City of Cape Town transport meeting over Dial-a-Ride cuts

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Western Cape Network on Disability is challenging the cuts in court

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

Judgment reserved in Darling Street eviction case

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Department of Public Works and Ndifuna Ukwazi square off in court

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

Mother City September gig guide

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Theatre

Moffie, André Carl van der Merwe’s bruising coming-of-age novel, adapted by Philip Rademeyer and directed by Greg Karvellas is playing at the Baxter’s Flipside stage. It opened in London in 2024 to rave reviews; this is its SA premiere.… Read more

Disability organisations protest against Dial-a-Ride cuts

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City says it has to introduce cuts due to budget constraints

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

Social housing approved at Fruit & Veg site

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237 Social housing units planned

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

Property owners are misreading the law, argues Cape Town mayor

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Commercial property owners are challenging the City’s budget in court, but the mayor argues they are selectively interpreting the law

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

Artscape social housing development moves ahead

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1,476 social housing units planned at 16-storey development

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