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Ex-mayor Plato urges parents to change how boys are raised to help fight GBV
Civil action groups against gender-based violence held an all-night vigil on the Grand Parade in Cape Town on Saturday. South…
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Night vigil against gender-based violence held in Cape Town
Civil action groups against gender-based violence held an all-night vigil on the Grand Parade in Cape Town. They commemorated the…
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Ex-mayor Dan Plato gives advice to Geordin Hill-Lewis
Former Cape Town mayor Dan Plato is giving some advice to the new mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis. Former mayor Dan Plato…
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Mayor defends demolition of tent camp in Green Point
Mayor Dan Plato has defended the demolition of a tent camp set up by a group of homeless people near…
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WC Premier Winde: No better moment for a Mandela Day
Western Cape Premier Allan Winde has called on residents to stand together this Mandela Day following the week of deadly…
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CT mayor Dan Plato accused of defying lockdown rules
Opposition parties have come out strongly against Cape Town mayor Dan Plato, accusing him of defying lockdown regulations by hosting…
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Cosatu concerned over possible dismissal of 500 Cape Town firefighters
Cosatu says it is highly disturbed and disappointed by the way the City of Cape Town is dealing with firefighters’…
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Cape Town mayor rubbishes slush fund claims
The political wrangling in the Western Cape to become Cape Town’s first citizen, has begun. The Good Party is claiming…
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Selection panel for CT mayoral interviews must be reconstituted, says DA
The process to select a Democratic Alliance (DA) mayoral candidate for Cape Town is not running smoothly. The party’s federal…
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Suspended MEC Madikizela questions timing of qualification revelation
Suspended Western Cape Transport and Public Works MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela has taken to social media to clarify his qualification saga,…
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DA postpones Cape Town mayoral candidate interviews due to panel dispute
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has had to postpone mayoral candidate interviews in Cape Town on Monday. There’s a disagreement around…
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Cape Town mayor Dan Plato under fire for telling Ocean View resident to shut up
Mayor Dan Plato has come under fire for telling a resident to ‘shut up’ while on a walkabout in Ocean…
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City of CT to cut its capital budget by R1.28 billion due to Covid-19 impact
The City of Cape Town revealed it would be cutting its capital budget by R1.28 billion leaving the total budget…
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Masiphumelele fire allegedly caused by illegal land occupation
The fire that broke out in Masiphumelele, Cape Town, which left more than 5 000 people displaced and requires R18…
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Masiphumelele fire: Residents start salvaging belongings
Thousands of residents from Masiphumelele in Cape Town will spend the next few days rebuilding homes they lost in a…
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I will stand for mayor again – Dan Plato
The election of Dan Plato as chairperson of the DA With party heavyweights such as interim leader John Steenhuisen and…
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Cape Town boy killed and girl injured by stray bullets during land invasion
Two young children were hit by stray bullets during a violent housing protest in Elsies River in Cape Town on…
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Khayelitsha man violently removed from his shack while n@ked removed clothes to avoid eviction – Mayor
The Mayor of Cape Town Dan Plato said Khayelitsha man Bulelani Qholani who was violently removed from his shack while…
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Community lays charges against Cape Town mayor Dan Plato
Various community organisations from Strandfontein outside Cape Town have laid criminal charges against the city and its mayor. They claim…
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Elsies River community visits Tazne Van Wyk’s family
Community members and friends are offering their support to the family of Tazne Van Wyk. The eight-year-old’s murder sent shock…
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Cape Town community mourns Valentino who was killed by a stray bullet – Please help us
The five-year-old died last weekend when a stray bullet hit him as he played in his yard. Lavender Hill residents…
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Child laid to rest today after gang shooting
Five-year-old Valentino Grootetjie, who was shot dead during an alleged gang shootout, is being laid to rest today. The child…
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Dan Plato to lay complaints about sheep slaughter #ReclaimClifton
Dan Plato to lay complaints about sheep slaughter #ReclaimClifton. Cape Town mayor Dan Plato said on Monday he would approach…
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Cape Town mayor slams claim that #OccupyCliftonBeach evictions were race-based
Cape Town mayor slams claim that #OccupyCliftonBeach evictions were race-based. Speaking from the world-famous beach on Friday evening, Plato said:…
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Cape Town mayor names his new Mayoral Committee
Cape Town mayor names his new Mayoral Committee. “It is with great pleasure that I announce today a new, united,…
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Dan Plato to be Cape Town’s next mayor
He takes over from Patricia de Lille who vacates the office at October 31. It’s confirmed: Dan Plato is the next…
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