Coronavirus reveals ‘green apartheid’ in S.African cities

Cape Town in the news:

• Coronavirus reveals ‘green apartheid’ in S.African cities: In the tourist hub of Cape Town, crowded informal settlements sit on the city’s periphery, far from the verdant mountain trails and lush promenade that snakes along the Atlantic Ocean.: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  
• ‘Help us find employment’ – Hunt’s plea to Bidvest Wits players with contracts elsewhere: Bidvest Wits coach Gavin Hunt has revealed he hasn’t focused more on motivating his squad in the remaining matches of the season. In an online press conference ahead of Saturday’s Nedbank Cup …: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  
• BATSA: ‘What level of justification do you need for this tobacco ban?’: On Thursday, the state backed up the ban of the sale of tobacco using medical studies, and emphasised the ban would be lifted once it was safe to do so. Judgment has been reserved. Advocate Karrish …: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  
• SA man, stuck in UK, hopes to run 1400km for local charity: Thomas Witten is stuck in Wales, UK, due to the travel restrictions put in place to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  

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Fun Western Cape Fact: Since it was first colonised in 1652, Cape Town was tossed back and forth between two of the greatest colonial powers of the time, the British and the Dutch. The Dutch were in charge for the first century and a half after colonisation. Britain took over in 1795, only to lose the colony to the Dutch in 1803. Another three years passed before the Cape was back in British hands, where it stayed for the next century and a bit. Finally, in the early 1900s, South Africa was granted independence, but it was another 90 years before the first democratic elections took place.

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