Cape Town fire update: Mop-up operations underway, students receive local support
20 Apr 2021
April 20 2021 - Gift of the Givers donation drop-off centre at the Old Mutual in Pinelands. Following the devastating Table Mountain fire, around four thousand UCT students who had to be evacuated from their residences are now being housed by hospitality industry businesses & in hotels around the city with many other busineses donating essential goods & food to a central drop-off point at the Old Mutual Centre in Pinelands for distribution. (David Harrison/M&G)
For bystanders, it may seem as if Cape Town is getting back to normal as several roads that were closed since Sunday reopened and the dense layer of smoke covering the Mother City dissipated.
Brenton Greach
“Let it burn to the ground.”
This remark, posted on Twitter by a user claiming to be a student representative council secretary-general at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), is being investigated by the university. This was announced by UWC council chairperson Yasmin Forbes on Tuesday afternoon.
The suspect made the remark amid the runaway fires that destroyed some of the historic buildings at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and other iconic sites in Cape Town.
It is believed that the fire started near Rhodes Memorial, on the northern flank of Table Mountain, on Sunday morning.
The majority of voters in the ward are in Steinkopf, said Sussman.
Sussman described Steinkopf as a “poor community, with a high level of unemployment” and very few economic opportunities.
Being progressive and a younger candidate, Sussman believes Balie “is going to try and appeal to youth voters”.
According to Sussman, the ANC used South African soap actors to win over Nama Khoi voters in a by-election a few years ago. This move helped “swing” the ward from the DA to the ANC making it clear that soap actors and actresses certainly have currency in this region, he said.
Balie echoed Sussman’s remarks, and told
District Six backyard dwellers demand to be given houses
By Mthuthuzeli Ntseku
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Cape Town - A group of protesters that have erected tents opposite the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in District Six, demanding the government respond to their housing needs, will tomorrow mark a month since their occupation.
The groups calling themselves Social Liberals for Backyard Dwellers (SLBD) is made up of 64 families with 250 individuals who were evicted from areas including Bo-Kaap, Manenberg, Hanover Park, Mitchells Plain, Lotus River and Grassy Park. They embarked on the peaceful protest a month ago.
Social Liberals for Backyard Dwellers chairperson Sharriefa Nolan said that last year they had a peaceful march whereby a memorandum was handed over to City’s human settlements and have been waiting for a response.
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