BROKEN PROMISES (PART 2)

Whose interests are political parties supposed to serve? The answer seems obvious, the interests of their voters of course. Local government, as opposed to National and Provincial, is the only level of government with directly elected political representatives. Political parties and their representatives are voted into power to represent the interests of their constituents, and…

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Broken Promises (PART 1)

BACKGROUND FACTS Since the early Nineties the community of Hout Bay and Imizamo Yethu have been negotiating with local and provincial government, to provide and to properly develop land for the existing informal settlers living in various places in Hout Bay. Initially only about 45 families were affected, but by the time the negotiations took…

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