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Emile Engel

Emile Engel is a research fellow in sustainable chemistry at the University of Bath who has worked as an organizer for housing and education rights in his hometown Cape Town.

Cape Town’s Inner Ugly

Patricia De Lille, one of South Africa’s most popular post-apartheid politicians, claims she tried to redress spatial apartheid in Cape Town, but the legacy of her seven year run as mayor is one of violent forced removals and a refusal to upgrade informal settlements.