Most Western nations granted women the right to vote shortly after World War 1. South Africa was slower on the uptake. Our Parliament, after all, included such fine gentlemen as Dr TC Visser, who ...

We are a group of place-makers from across the world who in December had the pleasure and honour to visit the beautiful city of Cape Town. We were able to spend time visiting many significant sites, ...

Emergency accommodation has been arranged in communal halls within Cissie Gool House after a fire ripped through a section of the building, but many families remain without critical supplies, ...

Under the cover of darkness on the night of March 27, 2017, housing activists snuck past the guards of two government-owned buildings in central Cape Town — a derelict hospital and an abandoned ...

A devastating fire ripped through a section of Cissie Gool House, formerly the Woodstock Hospital, in the early hours of Monday morning, displacing dozens of residents and reigniting criticism of the ...

Cissie Gool House leader Karen Hendricks confirmed that the leadership and the occupants have made an in-principle decision to submit a bid for the site. The old Woodstock Hospital in Cape Town also ...

The City of Cape Town said that the next phase starts in February and would consist of hearings from Woodstock residents. CAPE TOWN - The City of Cape Town said that the next phase of public ...

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