Brief

KZN villagers get new bridges to cross dangerous rivers safely

After pleading with government for years, the Welisizwe Bridge Programme has finally delivered four bridges in eMakhabeleni

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Brief | 12 March 2024

Building of new classrooms at overcrowded Dunoon school stalled

Inkwenkwezi Secondary School has more than 1,500 learners, with an average of 45 learners per class

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Brief | 12 March 2024

Malmesbury communities march against high water and electricity tariffs

“If you don’t have money to pay for water, the municipality blocks electricity” says protestor

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Brief | 11 March 2024

Community health workers march in East London

They want to be in-sourced and they want proper personal protective equipment

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Brief | 11 March 2024

Blikkiesdorp community protest after years of waiting for houses

They say their structures are falling apart and the area has become unliveable

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Brief | 8 March 2024

Health department fails to pay security contractor, leaving guards without salaries

Company says it can’t pay guards until it receives R3-million it is owed

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Brief | 8 March 2024

Millions spent but seven years later this sports complex is still incomplete

Residents say the Kokstad complex is built in a wetland and “doomed”

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Brief | 8 March 2024

Alexandra grannies trade knitting needles for boxing gloves

They attend boxing classes once a week as part of a project called GOGOBox

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Brief | 7 March 2024

Picket outside Ghana High Commission over homophobic bill

Treatment Action Campaign calls on Ghana’s president to reject bill that will criminalise LGBTQ+ people

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Brief | 6 March 2024

New Limpopo clinic has no running water

Municipality says Department of Health never applied for a connection

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Brief | 6 March 2024

Joburg residents march over water outages and unreliable electricity

The protesters say they are also fed up with illegal rubbish dumping and potholes in their streets

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Brief | 5 March 2024

Firefighters battled to extinguish fatal factory fire because Verulam has no water

Three bodies have been recovered, one person is missing

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Brief | 5 March 2024

At least 22 people arrested during student protests in Bloemfontein

Central University of Technology students blame NSFAS for delays in funding

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Brief | 5 March 2024

Three people in hospital with serious burns after Dunoon shack fires

At least 200 people were left homeless after two fires at the weekend

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Brief | 5 March 2024

Mayor sends machinery to fix gravel road hours after Eastern Cape villagers block N2

Tyhalarha village residents say a previous peaceful protest brought no results

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Brief | 4 March 2024

Cape Town Pride celebrates equality in South Africa, condemns Ghana’s new anti-gay law

“I am a proudly gay man,” city councillor Rob Quintas tells crowd

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Brief | 4 March 2024