Brief

People queuing for eight hours outside Home Affairs sent home without being helped

Manager says he is used to addressing angry crowds at Durban office

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Brief | 11 February 2022

Shack dwellers protest for City of Cape Town to clean filthy streets

They also want the City to use labour from their area

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Brief | 10 February 2022

Taps have finally been installed in this settlement, but there’s no water in them

Emakhabeleni households still waiting for treatment plant upgrade

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Brief | 9 February 2022

The “Friendly City” is filthy

Only 11 of Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s 36 refuse trucks are operational

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Brief | 9 February 2022

Khayelitsha shacks to be electrified at last

Families were wrongly classified as backyarders, says Eskom

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Brief | 8 February 2022

Trial of former top PRASA official accused of stealing railway line postponed yet again

Mthuthuzeli Swartz‘s lawyer opposes further delays

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Brief | 7 February 2022

Young brothers die in devastating blaze

The fire gutted 11 shacks in Gugulethu

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Brief | 7 February 2022

Committee to decide on Pfizer vaccine for adolescents

This follows an appeal by vaccine sceptics against SAHPRA’s decision to approve this Covid vaccine for teenagers

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Brief | 4 February 2022

Seven arrested during raid at Cissie Gool House appear in court

Five of those arrested were released on bail

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Brief | 3 February 2022

Dumpsites finally cleared after reporter asks questions

Rubbish was piling up in Blackburn Village informal settlement north of Durban

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Brief | 2 February 2022

Masiphumelele families battle to rebuild homes after blaze

City of Cape Town says it can’t provide fire kits due to National Government budget cuts

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Brief | 1 February 2022

Flooded Limpopo families waiting since December for help

Some families are living in tents after their RDP houses were ruined by heavy rain

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Brief | 1 February 2022

Khayelitsha volunteers clean up their own area

The group, who work for free, want City of Cape Town to provide material like rubbish bags and brooms

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Brief | 1 February 2022

Makana municipality defaults on Eskom debt

Struggling City fails to repay R7.5 million instalment

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Brief | 31 January 2022

Man claims police assaulted him during stop-and-search incident

Police say docket handed to IPID

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Brief | 28 January 2022

Nurses robbed during security guard strike

Cellphones and car keys stolen as guards continue to strike for back pay

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Brief | 27 January 2022