Articles for Marecia Damons
Court ordered Eastern Cape education department to build 65 classrooms in four schools within 90 days, in February 2020. So far, only 17 have been built.
Fed-up parents build their own classrooms
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Marecia Damons
News | 12 October 2021
Hundreds of workers march for end to pay freeze
COSATU members and affiliated unions held demonstrations across the country
By Marecia Damons, Masego Mafata and Joseph Chirume
News | 7 October 2021
Matriculant petitions for stateless youths to get into universities
She is among many South African-born children with immigrant parents struggling to get identification documents
News | 7 October 2021
Steel workers countrywide down tools, demanding 8% wage hike
Man dies during NUMSA march in Gqeberha
By Masego Mafata, Joseph Chirume, Nokulunga Majola and Marecia Damons
News | 5 October 2021
Tardy courts: Nearly 100 judgments outstanding for more than six months
The Constitutional Court which should be setting an example had seven late judgments at the end of June
News | 1 October 2021
Homeless people’s tents confiscated as City of Cape Town cracks down
Additional R500 million to be spent on law enforcement
News | 1 October 2021
Post Office workers face uncertain future
SAPO can no longer pay retirement fund or medical aid contributions
News | 21 September 2021
Cape Town centre offers a hot meal and a vaccine to homeless people
“We wanted to create a welcoming and safe space with a meal where people could have access to the vaccine if they choose” says U-Turn’s director Jean-Ray Knighton-Fitt
News | 13 September 2021
Users must check if a taxi is safe, insists Transport MEC after crash at Parliament
Taxi in which several children were injured was overloaded, unroadworthy and unlicensed, and the driver had no licence either
News | 8 September 2021