Police intervene as homeowners clash with shack dwellers over illegal connections: The municipality is assessing whether the shacks can get electricity
Source: GroundUp News.
Granny was the “true parent”, court rules in inheritance case: Child’s grandmother will share in child’s R15-million estate, not his father
Source: GroundUp News.
PRASA has R23 billion in unspent capital: But passenger rail agency is turning the corner, minister tells Parliament
Source: GroundUp News.
City of Cape Town in spat with Public Works over refugee camp: Meanwhile hundreds of refugees are without basic sanitation at the Bellville camp
Source: GroundUp News.
Cape Flats women activists celebrated: Twenty women from communities across the city have been nominated for awards
Source: GroundUp News.
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