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Cape Town’s sewage treatment isn’t coping: scientists are worried about what the city is telling the public

Cape Town’s sewage treatment isn’t coping: scientists are worried about what the city is telling the public: Urban water bodies – rivers, lakes and oceans – are in trouble globally. Large sewage volumes damage the open environment, and new chemicals and pharmaceutical compounds don’t break down on their own. When they are released into the …

Inside an urban terror network: book reveals how police finally cracked Pagad gang violence in Cape Town

Inside an urban terror network: book reveals how police finally cracked Pagad gang violence in Cape Town: A campaign against gangsterism in Cape Town, South Africa led by the People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) turned violent in the mid-1990s when a group known as Pagad G-Force began what became known as an urban terrorism …

Dinosaur tracks, made 140 million years ago, have been found for the first time in South Africa’s Western Cape

Dinosaur tracks, made 140 million years ago, have been found for the first time in South Africa’s Western Cape: Guy Plint examines one of the dinosaur tracks, which is above his head. Annemarie Plint, CC BY-NC-ND Dinosaurs have captured people’s imagination ever since their bones and teeth were first scientifically described in 1822 by geologist …

Fossil treasure chest: how to preserve the geoheritage of South Africa’s Cape coast

Fossil treasure chest: how to preserve the geoheritage of South Africa’s Cape coast: I am standing on a dune looking out to sea. It’s 2024, but I’m thinking about a very different time. Hundreds of thousands of years ago this 350km stretch of southern African coast looked very different. It was home to giant zebra, …

Mother City: a tough, passionate film about the battle for affordable housing in Cape Town

Mother City: a tough, passionate film about the battle for affordable housing in Cape Town: Activist Nkosikhona Swartbooi leads a protest in the documentary Mother City. Screengrab/Mother City A third of the way into Mother City there’s a scene that characterises this tough, passionate film about Cape Town and its paradoxes of beauty and hardship, …

Healthy food is hard to come by in Cape Town’s poorer areas: how community gardens can fix that

Healthy food is hard to come by in Cape Town’s poorer areas: how community gardens can fix that: Community gardens can be a boon for residents. Nattrass/Getty Images In 1950, as part of the Group Areas Act, South Africa’s apartheid government banished people of colour to outlying areas, away from central business districts. The Cape …

Private Prepaid Electricity, Gas, and Water Meter Suppliers in Cape Town

Private Prepaid Electricity, Gas, and Water Meter Suppliers in Cape Town: Here are some private prepaid electricity, gas, and water meter suppliers in Cape Town: Prepaid Electricity Meter Suppliers in Cape Town: Straton Electrical: A reputable online supplier of private prepaid electricity and water meters in South Africa and Cape Town. They specialize in the …

Opera in Cape Town: critics trace how a colonial art form was reinvented as African

Opera in Cape Town: critics trace how a colonial art form was reinvented as African: Many people thought that classical opera in South Africa – regarded as a western, colonial art form that was the preserve of white people during apartheid – would die with democracy in 1994. Instead the opposite happened. Black singers emerged …

Born on the Cape Flats: Teen Mom’s Triumph in Challenging the Call Centre Industry with Black Elegance

Born on the Cape Flats: Teen Mom’s Triumph in Challenging the Call Centre Industry with Black Elegance: Born on the Cape Flats, Simone Julies-Wicomb, a self-made entrepreneur who triumphed over adversity, is spearheading a transformation in the realm of business process outsourcing (BPO) through her innovative venture, Black Elegance. Established in 2019, this proudly South …