Articles for Barbara October

Software glitch causes social grant panic

Some beneficiaries were not paid, but the problem was resolved by Tuesday afternoon

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Brief | 2 April 2019

Family of 10 left homeless after farm eviction

Ethical trade association to review Windmeul Kelder wine farm

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News | 29 March 2019

“I’m doing it for all the blood of innocent people shed on the streets of the Cape Flats”

“Government keeps on saying that communities don’t want to speak up, but look what happens when you do”

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Feature | 26 March 2019

Farm dwellers dump rubbish at gate to wine farm

Simondium residents picket over uncollected refuse, clean water and threat of eviction

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Brief | 13 March 2019

Unions must be included in steering committee to fix PRASA

Transport union argues for train safety as ticket controller stabbed by a commuter

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Brief | 8 March 2019

Western Cape government wins school closure case

Uitzig school governing board vows to fight court ruling

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News | 7 March 2019

PRASA appoints sixth CEO in three years

Union heads to Nedlac over woes at rail agency

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News | 6 March 2019

Social grant paypoints should not be an election issue, MPs warned

Politicians told not to try to keep costly paypoints open

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News | 5 March 2019

20,000 people at risk of eviction on Drakenstein farms

“We aren’t going anywhere!” says resident

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Feature | 1 March 2019