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De Lille: Masiphumelele no-show not indication of reluctance to cooperate
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane subpoenaed Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille after she failed to attend an inspection in Masiphumelele in June.
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Authorities probe destructive Masiphumelele blaze
The blaze broke out in Kanana Road shortly before 1 o'clock on Tuesday morning.
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40 displaced after fire in Masiphumelele
It's not yet known what caused the blaze on Monday night.
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Mkhwebane aims to initiate contempt proceedings against Zille, De Lille
Busisiwe Mkhwebane says the Western Cape premier and Cape Town mayor’s failure to attend an inspection in Masiphumelele is in contempt of her office.
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[WATCH] Public Protector visits Masiphumelele after residents lay complaints
Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane visited Masiphumelele as part of the Public Protector Roadshow.
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Mkhwebane visits Masiphumelele to address poor living conditions
Mkhwebane had subpoenaed Mayor Patricia de Lille and Premier Helen Zille to attend the Masiphumelele inspection but they apparently could not make it.
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Tragic end for Cape man following hijacking
Ncedile Daki, a Handspring Puppet Company employee & youth leader, was hijacked & murdered last Sunday.
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City of CT issues emergency housing kits for shack fire victims
The city says it has issued 1,300 emergency housing kits to residents who have been affected by shack fires.
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Displaced residents in Masiphumelele receive relief aid
A blaze ripped through the informal settlement over the weekend, destroying 40 structures and displacing 110 people.
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Masiphumelele residents start to rebuild after blaze
Residents have been hard at work rebuilding their homes following a fire that ripped through a portion of the community on Saturday morning.
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Shack fire displaces some Masiphumelele residents
At least 14 structures were destroyed by the fire in the early hours of this morning.
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Man dies in Masiphumelele shack fire
Firefighters responded to the shack blaze early this morning.
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Multi-million rand housing projects on cards for Masiphumelele, Imizamo Yethu
Masiphumelele has seen several protests recently over housing issues.
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Threats of more violence keep cops on high alert in Masiphumelele
Chaos erupted yesterday when taxi drivers allegedly tried to force residents to use their services.
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9 arrested in Grabouw protests
Earlier, authorities had extinguished fires around the settlement with the help of aerial support.
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Masiphumelele residents boycott taxis after scuffle
Residents are at loggerheads with drivers after they refused to participate in a planned anti-drug campaign.
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Masiphumelele residents to start rebuilding their homes
At least 600 people have been displaced after Friday's blaze in which 150 homes were razed to the ground.
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Plans for Masiphumelele housing project nears completion
The City of Cape Town is currently finalising plans around the construction of several RDP houses.
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WC Education Dept gives reasons for textbook shortage in Masiphumelele
The WCED has attributed a shortage of textbooks at Masiphumelele High School to protests & fires.
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Masiphumelele pupils march to hand over memorandum
Hundreds of pupils from Masiphumelele High School in Cape Town march to the Department of Education to hand over a memorandum demanding improvements in their education.
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Masiphumelele learners march over ‘student levy’
Learners called on the department to remove their principal because he is demanding a 'student levy'.