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Family breadwinner electrocuted by illegal connection

Residents say they have long been battling with the municipality to get electrification for Vastrap informal settlement

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News | 18 July 2018

COSATU calls for VAT increase to be scrapped

Treasury says it is reviewing list of zero-rated items

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News | 17 July 2018

Community leaders’ homes destroyed in Khayelitsha by angry residents

They asked why I live in a shack while other residents’ shacks are being destroyed

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News | 16 July 2018

It is not easy keeping cows in the township

Kwathema resident hopes to have land for his cattle one day

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News | 16 July 2018

R6,000 compensation not enough says Ekurhuleni worker

Former participants in municipal job creation programme want permanent jobs

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News | 13 July 2018

Independence of environmental consultant under the spotlight

Conservationist argues that Adriaan du Toit did not meet statutory requirements for independence

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News | 13 July 2018

Families challenge eviction from RDP flats in Umlazi

27 families occupied new units fearing they would be overlooked for housing

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News | 13 July 2018

After the grape season ended, my landlord cast me out

Homeless seasonal grape pickers continue to occupy Kraaifontein land

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News | 11 July 2018

More than 80 families use one toilet

The families living in the temporary shelters in Braelyn were moved there after their shacks burnt down in 2013

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News | 11 July 2018

Parkwood families await repairs to fire-ravaged council flats

Two council units in Parkwood burnt down in May and June. Residents were given containers to live in

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News | 10 July 2018

Khayelitsha fire victims still struggling for decent housing

TRA residents have been waiting five years for relief

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News | 10 July 2018

Hundreds flock to occupy municipal land in Pietermaritzburg

Msunduzi municipality says it has an interdict preventing anyone from building on the land which is earmarked for housing

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News | 10 July 2018

Children “too scared to play outside” in Ocean View

Residents demand increased police visibility, CCTV cameras, more stop and search operations

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News | 9 July 2018

Post Office strike halts payment to grant beneficiaries

The workers say they have not received a wage hike in three years. They are demanding a 12% wage increase

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News | 9 July 2018

Informal traders march against by-law amendments

Traders say the proposed changes will impede on their ability to earn a living

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News | 6 July 2018

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