Koes Vir Die Klippe: Dit lyk asof Maandag ‘n groot dag van protes en politiek gaan wees in die Kaap, met die gewone chaos en geweld wat mense gedwing is om te verdra, danksy die veiligheidsdienste wat bedoel is om mense te beskerm, wat in samewerking is met die ANC, en sy doelbewuste destabilisering en inval van die Kaap. Volgens polisie kommunikasie en betroubare bronne blyk dit dat dit wel gaan gebeur, so verrig eerder enige beplande reise vandag of Dinsdag, eerder as Maandag.
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VIDEO: “Kleurlinge is die Oorspronklike Eienaars van Wes-Kaap, ANC sal dit Maandag Leer!” – Groot Protesplanne vir Kaapstad!
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Franse toeris beroof, aangerand in historiese Bo-Kaap
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‘n Vroulike Franse toeris is in die historiese Bo-Kaap van haar besittings beroof en in die nek gesteek met ‘n skerp voorwerp.
Toeriste is klaarblyklik maklike teikens in die gebied en is ook nie bewus van die gevare in die area nie. Toeriste word al hoe meer gewaarsku om Suid Afrika te vermy weens die groot voorkoms van geweld.
Inkomste uit toeriste beloop jaarliks miljoene rand, maar die kraantjie is reeds half toegedraai en kan toegedra word as iets daadwerkliks aan die veiligheids situasie gedoen word nie.
Kenners wys egter daarop dat buitelandse besoekers toenemend wegskram van toere na Suid-Afrika waar 50 moorde en meer as 100 verkragtings daagliks gepleeg word.
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Die Bo-Kaap is nóg ’n tree nader daaraan om as ’n erfenis-beskermingsone verklaar te word- Bo-Kaap is deel van Kapenaars se beeld en daar kan nie toegelaat word dat dit in moderne ontwikkelings wegsmelt
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Volgens die voorstel wat die metroraad se burgemeesterskomitee Dinsdag aanvaar het, kan ontwikkelings wat reeds goedgekeur is egter voortgaan. Hoewel van die huise van buite af pragtig geverf is, is dit – om dit sagkens te stel – ’n geval van bo blink, maar binne stink, het Dan Plato, burgemeester van Kaapstad, gesê. Hy het..
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[OPEN LETTER] TO PATRICIA DE LILLE ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF BO-KAAP
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Dear Aunty Pat,
As the voices of our ancestors, the young voices of silenced generations, the firm-footed of the unfairly removed, the reach of the retreated and the kings and queens of our descendants, we remember.
We remember the drama of our nation. We remember the first democratic election. We remember the rainbow nationism. The false payoff lines of perceived patriotism. We remember the call to celebrate our differences. We vividly recall being part of a new nation only to find ourselves wordless in a country with old norms. We see the crushing cruelty towards our aunts, uncles, grandparents. We see the money pouring into the seats of our culture, our lives, but we never see it stay. We see the betrayal, we witness no betterment.
We remember thinking that efforts to sustain, maintain, restore and revise our history were futile. We remember the devastation on the faces of a forgotten people staring from between the rails on the colourful cob
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Bo-Kaap unites in protest to hold onto heritage
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In the narrow cobbled streets of Bo-Kaap, an hour before the call to prayer echoes at sunset, young people begin to set tyres alight.
Traditionally, the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is a time of community spirit and peace in the Cape Town suburb. As the time nears for the fast to be broken at dusk, families prepare food to share with their neighbours.
But this year, young people are upholding another tradition which they inherited from their elders: a battle to protect their homes in the inner city from private developers who see the appeal of prime land in Bo-Kaap.
For years residents of Bo-Kaap have met with city officials and heritage experts to have the area zoned off for heritage protection. Brett Herron, a mayoral committee member for urban development and transport, has promised protected heritage sites will not be demolished for big luxury developments.
But, the Bo-Kaap community remains sceptical. The area — Bo-Kaap residents
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