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Lost City, Mitchells Plain: Where children collect scrap to buy food and gangsters run rampant

27 October 2021 by Alan

Cape Town in the news:

  • Lost City, Mitchells Plain: Where children collect scrap to buy food and gangsters run rampant: Ward 99 consists of Hyde Park in Mitchells Plain and parts of Khayelitsha. The neglected state of Hyde Park, in Tafelsig, validates its status as the Lost City.: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  • Natasha-lee Naidoo: Last Friday we finally got some of our team together in JHB and Cape Town for an epic end of quarter celebration (London is coming!) 🎉 We’re remote …: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  • A side order of racism: The Spur incident that spiralled out of control and left a bad taste for life: Allen Ambor founded Spur Steak Ranches in 1967 when he invested R4,000 to open the Golden Spur in Newlands, Cape Town. After he opened the second restaurant in Sea Point, he decided that franchising …: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  • Police raid nets two suspects who appear in court for R1.3m dagga: TWO men from the Northern Cape appeared in court after they were found in possession of dagga with a street value of over R1.3 million. Tladi Tau, 41, and Tau Tau, 25, appeared in the Kimberley …: “Cape Town” – BingNews

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