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Health workers say they are undervalued and poorly equipped

The South African Human Rights Commission hosted a dialogue on the impact of strikes by health workers

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News | 6 July 2018

Students tell of “deplorable” accommodation at Nelson Mandela University

University says it has resolved some of the problems and will address the rest next semester

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News | 6 July 2018

“I have no food at home” says grant recipient following Post Office glitch

Nearly 800,000 beneficiaries affected by payment problems

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News | 5 July 2018

Homeless and hopeless after fire ravages Good Hope

“Why are people still living here despite the countless promises to move them?” asks activist

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News | 5 July 2018

Informal settlement dwellers rebuild despite repeat demolitions

Councillor says land belongs to the City and is earmarked for future housing projects

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News | 5 July 2018

Social housing residents demand option to buy homes

Evicted people, informal settlement residents and backyarders march through city centre

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News | 5 July 2018

Emergency housing for Hermanus community

But unclear if it will be enough to placate protesters

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News | 5 July 2018

Commuters hit by taxi fare hike

“It makes escaping poverty so much harder because you continuously have to keep grinding and struggle to keep your family afloat”

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News | 4 July 2018

DA and EFF at odds over Brakpan land occupation

Occupiers want ward councillor to address them in person

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News | 4 July 2018

How a woman secures her shack when it rains

Masiphumelele’s informal settlement is built on a wetland and regularly floods

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News | 4 July 2018

Injured woman has Home Affairs nightmare

Long queues and rude officials have made it extremely difficult for Kundji Tembo to renew her asylum papers

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News | 4 July 2018

Western Cape opposes national government’s mining rights approval

Department of Mineral Resources approved Australian company’s application to do mineral prospecting on northern bank of Olifants River estuary

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News | 3 July 2018

Hope for Johannesburg waste pickers

The City has committed to including them in recycling efforts, but activists are sceptical

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News | 2 July 2018

Pietermaritzburg residents start cleaning blitz

Sobantu residents say the municipality has neglected the township

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News | 2 July 2018

Judge Hlophe fails to explain why judgments are extremely late

Sixteen judgments at the Cape High Court have been outstanding for more than half-a-year. Six have been outstanding since 2016.

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News | 29 June 2018

Hout Bay roads blocked in taxi tiff

Route to Cape Town is supposed to be for MyCiTi only, but taxis have starting using it again

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News | 28 June 2018