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The paint-smeared base of the statue of J.H. Hofmeyr in Cape Town being cleaned by a pair of non-protesting volunteers on 11 April 2015. On 22 March 2015, the EFF's president, Julius Malema, called for all other symbols of colonialism and apartheid in South Africa to be removed. [134]
In the United Kingdom a group of around 200 students gathered at Trafalgar Square in front of South Africa House to show support of protesting students in South Africa. [35] A Cape Town daily newspaper, the Cape Argus, invited student co-editors to edit the day's edition of the newspaper. Articles were written, commissioned and edited by the ...
The first permanent title of land in southern Africa was issued, by Van Riebeeck, to the four free burghers of Rondebosch. [2] The area only obtained recognition as a separate village or area of Cape Town after the 1830s. [2] In 1864 the area was connected by railway upon the competition of the Cape Town to Wynberg line. [6]
communiTgrow put forward the plan for Milkwood to deal with the demand for houses in Cape Town. [4] Cape Town’s population is growing yearly. In 2001 it was 2,9 million, and by 2011 it had reached 3,7 million. [4] There is already a backlog of homes and it is estimated that between 277,000 and 400,000 people are awaiting subsidized housing. [4]
Reclaim The City (RTC) is a South African non-racial social movement campaigning for land and housing in Cape Town's inner-city and wealthy suburbs.. Reclaim The City is known for its campaigns for affordable and low-income housing as well as spearheading the occupation of two empty and dilapidated government buildings which it turned into housing for poor and vulnerable families.
Cape Town [a] is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. [13] Cape Town is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [14] The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.
Rise Mzansi (RISE) is a South African political party founded in April 2023. It is led by Songezo Zibi , a former newspaper editor and co-founder of the Rivonia Circle think tank . The party characterises their ideology as social democratic but has been defined elsewhere as neoliberal .
Uyinene "Nene" Mrwetyana [1] (20 April 2000 – 24 August 2019) [2] [3] was a South African student at the University of Cape Town. On August 24, 2019, she was raped and murdered in the suburb of Claremont, Cape Town .