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130 Years of Filth The City has been dumping raw sewage into the bay since 1895. Despite a century and a half of complaint, they continue to defend it thecapeindependent.com/130-years-of-f…

Are Lesotho irridentists preparing to seize the Free State? After the arrest of a hardline nationalist leader for charges of sedition and insulting the Royal Family, security chiefs warn of cross-border militia bases thecapeindependent.com/are-lesotho-ir…

George building collapse: negligence and coverups The DA have repeatedly obstructed access to information, while removing Mayor van Wyk to a Parliament sinecure after he admitted DA-governed areas had no qualified building inspectors thecapeindependent.com/george-buildin…

Eskom delays Koeberg Unit 1 Return, denies increased loadshedding risk The return of Unit 1 has been delayed to late August, citing defects found in four steam generator tubes during routine inspections. thecapeindependent.com/eskom-delays-k…

Western Cape builds trade ties with Canada Western Cape exporters have also struck new deals pushing into West Africa thecapeindependent.com/western-cape-b…

Ramaphosa on ANC decline in the WC: “Are we connected to our people?” The ANC has been on a steep decline, and the DA have cleverly capitalised on this by encouraging voter apathy in black areas thecapeindependent.com/ramaphosa-on-a…

An Independent Western Cape: An Israel in Africa? Our second guest author for today sketches a bold vision of the future of our country within a country thecapeindependent.com/an-independent…

The Cape Replacement Our anonymous guest author compares the replacement policies of the ANC to Israel’s settlement of the West Bank, and calls for solutions thecapeindependent.com/the-cape-repla…

Half a billion wasted with nothing to show for it The Western Cape government faces criticism for squandering R562 million on a stalled office development for its education department. thecapeindependent.com/half-a-billion…

Referendum Party Submits Non-racialism Bill to Parliament The Bill may put the DA in a tough spot for their past inaction, and their recent implementation of race-based policies in their departments thecapeindependent.com/referendum-par…

What to expect from Cachalia The Communist Party member and Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia is actually good on police strategy, but his main job will likely be covering up the President’s mess thecapeindependent.com/what-to-expect…

Victory at court for the Cape Independent After facing a foreign billionaire in court for our article about his designs for the African internet registry, we are in the clear thecapeindependent.com/victory-at-cou…

After pressure from the CIP, DA finally challenge the Division of Revenue Act But this latest manoevre is just a promise to plan for having talks about negotiations, trying to look busy as taxpayers strain against rising City rates thecapeindependent.com/after-pressure…

Mkhwanazi vs… Ramaphosa? How factional alignments explain reactions to Mkhwanazi’s SAPS corruption bombshell, and how the DA can benefit thecapeindependent.com/mkhwanazi-vs-r…

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Impotent and immobile - why won't the VF+ leave the GNU? The party has nothing to show for their deal with the ANC, and everyone knows it. With nothing to lose by leaving, and everything to gain, they are slowly committing suicide. capeindependent.com/article/impote…

South African Pravda Ernst van Zyl sums up the battles with South African mainstream media bias in the last two months, and the turbulent changes brought about by Donald Trump capeindependent.com/article/ernst-…

No more excellence: how the DA plans to break the Western Cape school system By prohibiting schools from considering academic performance and conducting parent interviews during admissions, the provincial education department is dooming them capeindependent.com/article/no-mor…