“Travelling on the Metrorail network is easy” says Metrorail. Really?

In a country which claims to be headed for “a better life for all” it is outrageous that thousands of commuters can be abandoned to a failing public transport system

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GroundView | 15 January 2020

50 to a class in Bishop Lavis primary school

Community and school come together to instill “values” in children

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Brief | 15 January 2020

Dozens of learners without uniforms, stationery after devastating fire

Residents blame municipality for failing to move them to “promised land”

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Brief | 15 January 2020

Denying people in wheelchairs access to shops is discriminatory, argues lawyer

Mitchells Plain shop owner says policy was implemented to stop “rampant shoplifting”

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Law | 15 January 2020

Bus strike paralyses Port Elizabeth

Company and municipality blame each other for late payment of workers

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News | 14 January 2020

Court orders dissolution of Makana municipality

Provincial government must place municipality under administration

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Brief | 14 January 2020

Diary of a Metrorail kid

The daily gamble with commuters’ time

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News | 14 January 2020

We are living with the dead, say Cookhouse residents

Families complain graves are too close to their houses

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News | 14 January 2020

Residents demand transport for learners who walk up to 9km

Department promises emergency transport this week

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Brief | 13 January 2020

Gugulethu residents accuse taxi drivers of crime

Avanza private car taxi operators accused of rape and robbery

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News | 13 January 2020

Nightmare start to 2020 for thousands of Cape Town commuters

Khayelitsha bus and train services still suspended

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News | 13 January 2020

From street child to open water athlete

Thabiso Molefi ran away from home at 14. Five years later he swam from Robben Island to Blouberg

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News | 13 January 2020

Scores attend funeral of poisoned children in Motherwell

Families considering legal action against municipality

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Brief | 13 January 2020

No pay, no work: Eastern Cape ambulance drivers down keys

They say back-pay owed to them was promised by 6 January

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Brief | 10 January 2020

Greenmarket Square refugees have split into “two hostile groups”

Reverend Alan Storey’s church has provided shelter to hundreds of people for months but the situation has become untenable

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Brief | 10 January 2020

Clinic closes to most patients after burglary

Kuyasa clinic usually treats about 400 patients per day

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News | 10 January 2020