Brief

Evicted Blikkiesdorp families refuse to return

All but one of the families evicted have found other accommodation

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Brief | 9 November 2018

Corruption Watch announces project to hold police accountable

New website will allow people to report police corruption

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Brief | 8 November 2018

Emergency health workers demand overtime pay

Eastern Cape health department warns strike is illegal

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Brief | 6 November 2018

Fire victims rebuild shacks demolished by City

Councillor says they built on private property but residents say there was nowhere else to build

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Brief | 6 November 2018

Vrygrond fire victims struggle to rebuild

City says nearly 300 families have received rebuilding kits

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Brief | 2 November 2018

Immigrant shop owners terrorised in Newcastle

Two shopkeepers murdered in October

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Brief | 2 November 2018

Nkandla residents rally to fix municipal toilets

“Next year we won’t vote. We do not have a reason to vote.”

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Brief | 2 November 2018

Residents struggle to rebuild after shack fire in East London

100 homes destroyed and 350 people displaced in Kwinana informal settlement

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Brief | 1 November 2018

School has 196 learners and ten grades but only four classrooms

“I feel like I am running three different schools,” says principal

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Brief | 1 November 2018

Taps often run dry in Eastern Cape village

Villagers say they have to draw water from a river and a dirty canal

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Brief | 31 October 2018

Parents start imaginative project to stop children playing on dumpsite

“Some children developed rashes all over their bodies after playing with the rubbish”

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Brief | 29 October 2018

New Rail Enforcement Unit officers will be armed

All three levels of government co-operate in latest effort to protect Cape Town’s train commuters

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Brief | 29 October 2018

Firefighters protest in Cape Town

“We seek nothing other than getting paid for the hours we work,” says union leader

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Brief | 26 October 2018

Former Ekurhuleni workers demand mayor make good on his promise of jobs

The group protested as a motion of no confidence in Mayor Mzwandile Masina was being debated

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Brief | 26 October 2018

Cofimvaba’s R2 million traders’ stalls are empty after five years

Vendors say they can’t afford to buy R82 permits from the municipality

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Brief | 26 October 2018

Rubbish uncollected for months in Port Elizabeth

Ward 58 councillor Mendiswa Makunga (ANC) stops assistant giving her phone number to GroundUp

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Brief | 25 October 2018