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24 September is national heritage day, a public holiday, when South Africans celebrate their diverse cultural heritage. It is also the third edition of national braai day on which people all over the...
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UNICEF opens sub-office in Cape Town.
The South African chapter of the United Nations
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Shortage of burial space for Cape Town’s poor.
Undertakers serving township communities in Cape Town are currently having problems burying the dead following the closure of the Khayelitsha cemetery in the heart of the impoverished Cape Flats at th...
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Some 38,000 people have been displaced by flooding due to heavy rainfall in Cape Town over the last several days. Most of the victims live in the informal settlements in Philippi, Athlone, Mowbray, Cl...
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Cape Town top conference venue.
Cape Town has emerged as the preferred long-haul destination for UK-based events agencies according to the latest Trends and Spends survey conducted by Meetings and Incentive Travel (M&IT) magazine. T...
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Zimbabwe-South Africa migration rises.
Between 2,000 and 3,000 Zimbabweans are now crossing the border into South Africa every night to escape the deepening social and economic crisis in the country, independent London-based SW Radio Afric...
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Copper cable crisis in the Cape.
The Cape Town area is experiencing an epidemic of copper cable theft that is causing disruption to electricity supplies and other services. Over the last year the Western Cape has lost an estimated R2...
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Cape Town residents could see city streets renamed after murdered local musician Taliep Petersen, poets Jan Rabie and Uys Krige, heart surgeon Chris Barnard and freedom fighters Anton Fransch, Ashley...
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Cape Town cancels R1.5 billion debt.
The Cape Town government is to write off R1.5 billion in outstanding debt in a move that should benefit the city
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South Africa prepares for general strike.
South Africa is braced for chaos as workers across the country are expected to down their tools on 13 June for a one-day general strike in solidarity with striking public sector workers. In Cape Town...
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Heavy rain leaves thousands homeless.
Over 5,000 people living in informal settlements in Cape Town and the surrounding area have been left homeless as a result of heavy rainfall on 9 and 10 June, local radio station
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Public sector strike continues.
The public sector strike in South Africa is now in its second week as government officials and trade unions fail to agree a pay rise for workers. There has been chaos in hospitals across the country a...
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Public sector strike in South Africa.
Public sector workers in South Africa are continuing their indefinite strike action over wages. Roughly 700,000 teachers and health workers across the country downed their tools on 1 June in support o...
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General strike in South Africa.
Public sector workers in South Africa are threatening indefinite strike action starting on 28 May unless the government meets their demand for a pay rise. The strike is being called by the Congress of...
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Roughly 360,000 people in the Cape Town area are without proper homes according to provincial government statistics
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New names for Cape Town streets.
The city council has announced the start of a process to rename Cape Town
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South African jazz musicians are to hold a concert in Cape Town this weekend to raise awareness about the problem of violent crime in the country. The event, organised by
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Hot weather is causing problems in the Western Cape, where daytime temperatures are reaching the high 30s, and even the low and mid 40s in some places. In Paarl, just east of Cape Town, where temperat...
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As of 17 January South Africans can enjoy a new quarterly magazine, Proud!, published under the auspices of Proudly South African, a campaign to promote South African companies, products and services...
