Turn Sea Point plot into social housing, say activists
Two years after the Tafelberg sale was overturned, progress has stalled. Now the provincial government says it may want to use the land “in the public interest”.
By Mia Arderne
News | 30 August 2022
Delays in cleaners’ contracts leave toilets dirty and blocked
Nearly 400 households at Kliprand informal settlement in Gqeberha share these toilets
News | 29 August 2022
Taxi drivers bully Centurion community into stopping protest
Olievenhoutbosch residents had blocked major roads in the area to demand housing and better services. This journalist was also assaulted by taxi drivers.
Brief | 29 August 2022
Learners march to demand free sanitary pads
Team Free Sanitary Pads campaign has so far collected over 30,000 signatures to get government to improve menstrual health
News | 29 August 2022
KZN south coast tourism threatened by water failures
Fed up Ugu residents say they are mustering to take legal action against the district municipality
By Benita Enoch
News | 29 August 2022
Mom wins court battle against medical scheme
Medihelp refused to cover cost of treating three-year-old’s rare medical condition
Law | 29 August 2022
Mobile showers for homeless people: “mother of water” bus launched
“I just cried underneath the water,” says homeless woman after first hot shower in ages
News | 26 August 2022
Delays with R350-grant payments expected
New regulations may mean August payments are late
News | 26 August 2022
Farm workers in Robertson’s “dumping ground” call for better services
CSAAWU demands that Langeberg Municipality install taps, electricity and toilets for Oppiekoppie community
By Liezl Human
Brief | 26 August 2022