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1 week ago | 
allafrica.com | Matthew Hirsch |Ihsaan Haffejee
Events in Cape Town and Johannesburg drew attention to the war in Gaza Protesters gathered in Cape Town and Johannesburg on Wednesday morning to mark Namibia's first Genocide Remembrance Day. The day commemorates the mass murders of more than 70,000 Herero and Nama people by Germany between 1904 and 1908.
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Feb 22, 2025 | 
groundup.org.za | Matthew Hirsch |Ashraf Hendricks
Hundreds of people gathered on the Sea Point Promenade on Saturday for a pro-Palestine rally. The rally was organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and was supported by several organisations such as the Housing Assembly, Gift of the Givers, Equal Education, Women on Farms, Reclaim the City and the trade union COSATU. Members of political parties, including the ANC, EFF, PAC and GOOD, also participated.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Matthew Hirsch
German-South African collaboration is "greening" urban spaces Vacant plots of land in Cape Town are being turned into indigenous gardens thanks to a collaboration between South African organisations and a German work exchange programme. As part of the exchange programme, ASA, young people from Germany come to South Africa to work on sustainability projects.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Matthew Hirsch
The picket marked the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide About 50 people gathered outside the Samson Centre in Cape Town on Monday to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Samson Centre, which houses offices of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies and other organisations, is opposite the Holocaust and Genocide Centre. The protest was to mark the UN International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
groundup.org.za | Matthew Hirsch
About 50 people gathered outside the Samson Centre in Cape Town on Monday to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Samson Centre, which houses offices of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies and other organisations, is opposite the Holocaust and Genocide Centre. The protest was to mark the UN International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Matthew Hirsch |Joseph Chirume
The Minister of Home Affairs has extended the ZEP to 28 November 2025 Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber extended the validity of the original Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) to 28 November 2025. The validity of the original ZEP was meant to end on Friday, 29 November 2024. This caused panic among thousands of people trying to remain legally in the country who, frustrated by long queues and challenges with the appointment booking system, have been struggling to meet the deadline.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Matthew Hirsch
The City of Cape Town has told Clayton Smith to leave De Waal Park where he has lived for 13 years Clayton Smith, who has lived in a small storeroom at Cape Town's De Waal Park for 13 years, has been served a 30-day eviction notice. Smith says the City of Cape Town offered "safe space" accommodation but it would require giving up his two dogs, his constant companions since losing his mother during the Covid lockdown and struggling with depression.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
groundup.org.za | Matthew Hirsch
Clayton Smith, who has lived in a small storeroom at Cape Town’s De Waal Park for 13 years, has been served a 30-day eviction notice. Smith says the City of Cape Town offered “safe space” accommodation but it would require giving up his two dogs, his constant companions since losing his mother during the Covid lockdown and struggling with depression. The City says it is a challenge to provide shelter for homeless people with pets.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Matthew Hirsch
This follows a meeting on Wednesday by Woodstock ratepayers to discuss the City's intention to sell the site Public comment on the sale of the old Woodstock Hospital site has been extended to the end of January 2025. The initial deadline for comments on the matter was Wednesday, 27 November. This follows a meeting on Wednesday by Woodstock ratepayers to discuss the City's intention to sell the old Woodstock Hospital site.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
groundup.org.za | Matthew Hirsch
Public comment on the sale of the old Woodstock Hospital site has been extended to the end of January 2025. The initial deadline for comments on the matter was Wednesday, 27 November. This follows a meeting on Wednesday by Woodstock ratepayers to discuss the City’s intention to sell the old Woodstock Hospital site. The public participation process to release the old Woodstock Hospital site for the development of affordable housing has been extended.
