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Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka was responding to questions about whether the report's release, just months before the local government elections in November, could attract criticism because it deals with municipal governance.

The Public Protector found residents had been forced to endure overflowing sewage, poorly maintained housing, broken streetlights, and inadequate security at health facilities.

Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka has released the findings of an investigation into conditions at the N2 Gateway housing project in Langa and informal settlements in Khayelitsha.

The group marched to the Department of Home Affairs and the City of Cape Town's municipal offices on Wednesday.

Mleve was shot dead during a community meeting at a ward office in Zwide last month.

Yamkela Jobo and Okuhle Beya allegedly stormed a church in the Taiwan informal settlement in the early hours of Easter Sunday during load shedding in 2023.

36-year-old Mzwandile Mahambehlala was sentenced by the Gqeberha High Court for the January 2023 attack at a birthday celebration in KwaZakhele.

The Constitutional Court has dismissed Bongo's application to overturn a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling that set aside his 2021 acquittal.

The ruling means the SCA's order that Bongo's corruption trial must start afresh before a different judge stands.

According to the Western Cape Department of Social Development, more than 43,500 children were in foster care at the end of March 2026.