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Walking Bus volunteers demand pay and recognition

City says there’s no money in budget to pay them

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News | 14 February 2022

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School’s dream dashed as donor fails to pay up

Rashid Khan promised tens of millions of rands to an Eastern Cape school but both he and the government have let the community down

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News | 14 February 2022

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Immigrant security guards head to court over unfair dismissal payment

Ultimate Protection and Control has failed to pay R300,000 owed to workers as compensation, says lawyer

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News | 14 February 2022

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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

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SAFTU protests for R1,500 Basic Income Grant

Zwelinzima Vavi says that the R350 Covid relief grant doesn’t even buy a daily loaf of bread

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News | 11 February 2022

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Broke municipality can’t provide basic services but it pays managers massive travel allowances

Amahlathi Local Municipality has a history of financial mismanagement

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Feature | 11 February 2022

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Striking workers claim they were attacked at Clover plant

One worker in hospital since Monday

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News | 10 February 2022

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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

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Bungled payroll leaves education assistants unpaid for two months in Eastern Cape

Audit underway to determine which of the province’s 40,000 education assistants were paid

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News | 10 February 2022

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Less talk, more action: South Africa’s failing response to the antibiotic resistance pandemic

Our government’s report card reads: “Must do better”

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Science | 10 February 2022

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Kalk Bay’s fishers battle to keep their heritage alive

Jacobus Poggenpoel’s family has been fishing for generations but tightening quotas are putting a strain on finances

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Video | 10 February 2022

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Taking healthcare to SASSA queues: pensioners screened for hypertension

About 60% of participants are found to have high blood pressure

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News | 10 February 2022

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Angry Mamelodi residents confront councillors after floods

Families say promises have been broken

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News | 9 February 2022

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National Lotteries Commission board is no longer quorate

Only three members are left on the board

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News | 9 February 2022

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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

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The “Friendly City” is filthy

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

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