The electricity supply to Eisleben Business Park (EBP) established in 1996 in the Greater Philippi where approximately 100 businesses operate has been cut off since August 2009. The park is owned by the Philippi East Development Initiative (PEDI), a Section 21 non-profit company established in 1998, who acquired the park through grant funding from the provincial government. The City of Cape Town is a member of PEDI. Read the rest of this entry »
November 20, 2009 Edition 1
Quinton Mtyala – Cape Times
A DAY after being slapped by an angry woman during his surprise visit to troubled Blikkiesdorp, Mayor Dan Plato was again meeting people in an impoverished corner of Cape Town, but with a beefed-up security detail. Read the rest of this entry »
By Quinton Mtyala
A day after being smacked by an angry resident during a surprise visit to troubled Blikkiesdorp, Mayor Dan Plato was again meeting residents in an impoverished corner of Cape Town, but this time with a beefed-up security detail.
Instead of jeers, his visit to areas in Philippi was greeted with indifference.
And despite this reporter witnessing the physical assault on him on Wednesday, Plato denied on Thursday he was ever “klapped” and said instead it was one of his bodyguards who had been smacked by a woman.
To a complaint from community leaders at a Brown’s Farm hall that water had been switched off to some residents in the developed area of Brown’s Farm, Plato said: “The city council does not switch off water, once people get their pink slips their water is put on a trickle system.”
A SOMALI shopowner in Samora Machel in Philippi has complained to police that local “business people” have threatened him, telling him to leave the area by today or face the consequences. Read the rest of this entry »
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