Brief

Classes disrupted at Northlink College as students protest

Students say they can’t pay for accommodation or food

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Brief | 10 March 2022

Staff shut down Uitenhage Provincial Hospital for several hours in protest over closure of TB hospitals

“They must bring us stats that say TB is not killing people anymore” says NEHAWU leader

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Brief | 10 March 2022

Khayelitsha police are failing the queer community, say activists

Protesters threaten to shut down the police station

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Brief | 9 March 2022

Ebrahim Patel moves to fire Lotteries board

National Lotteries Commission has “failed to ensure proper administration and good governance,” says minister

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Brief | 8 March 2022

Business owners shut down parts of Nelson Mandela Bay

They want small businesses to get a 30% share of all major tenders awarded by the City

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Brief | 8 March 2022

New award for high school activists

Family and friends of the late Sakina Grimwood have launched a fund for other young activists at schools in Cape Town

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Brief | 8 March 2022

Father burnt in shack fire saving son

About 27 families lost their homes in a blaze on Saturday morning in Khayelitsha

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Brief | 7 March 2022

Buffalo City residents march on municipality with long list of broken services

Billing errors, overflowing sewage, pothole-ridden roads - these are just some of the complaints

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Brief | 7 March 2022

Bring back our post office, demand Fort Beaufort residents

Town’s only post office cannot cope with the numbers of social grant beneficiaries

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Brief | 3 March 2022

Northlink students boycott classes over delayed NSFAS payments

The college says it’s waiting for NSFAS to verify list of qualifying students to be paid

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Brief | 2 March 2022

Stellenbosch students march against war in Ukraine

Ukrainian expats describe their anguish

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Brief | 2 March 2022

Parents shut down school in Pietermaritzburg

Department of Education has not yet fixed classrooms damaged by storm

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Brief | 2 March 2022

Hospital porters protest, block entrance to Groote Schuur

Porters lost their jobs when a new contractor was appointed

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Brief | 1 March 2022

“Bullied” into silence over use of corporal punishment at school, says parent

Learners of Siqongweni Secondary say they are beaten and this appears to be supported by video evidence

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Brief | 28 February 2022

Nelson Mandela Bay residents say they can’t afford to boil water or buy bottled

Parents requested to boil water for children to bring to school

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Brief | 25 February 2022

“We are hungry. Our pots are empty”

Hundreds march in Cape Town demanding urgent solutions to unemployment

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Brief | 24 February 2022