An Ocean View resident has laid a complaint against Mayor Dan Plato after being told to "shut up". Last Friday, Plato visited Ocean View to observe the work of a local neighbourhood watch. Aslam Richards approached the mayor and questioned him about a housing project. Plato was then caught on camera where he told Richards to "shut up". The housing activist said that he was assaulted thereafter and has lodged […]
Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato says his office has written to Cooperative Governance Minister requesting the opening of beaches, public parks, and reserves during of the lockdown. Plato says these open spaces allow people to follow protocols such as social distance, as opposed to . Plato says many residents have written to his office requesting the opening of these facilities. “These spaces are wide open spaces so by their nature […]
A legal case is being sought against the City of Cape Town after it moved 1,500 displaced people off the streets and accommodated them at the Strandfontein Sports Complex at the start of the national lockdown. The City’s move was carried out in accordance with the Disaster Management Act Regulations. In its High Court application, the residents of Strandfontein want the shelter for the homeless to be shut down, saying […]
The City of Cape Town and the national government are in a feud over where to house refugees that have been squatting in the Cape Town CBD since October last year. A number of foreign nationals occupied the UNHRC building in Greenmark Square to demand that they are repatriated to other countries as they fear xenophobia in South Africa. After moving to the Central Methodist Church closeby, where some refugees […]
As the first week of the national lockdown comes to a close, the City of Cape Town finds itself scrambling to place some 4000 homeless people in a proper shelter to aid in flattening the curve of Covid-19. After facing flak from the public for rounding up street people and shoving them into tents under the foreshore in the CBD, the City has since decided to relocate this vulnerable grouping […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
