Brief

Love dispute blamed for 66 families displaced by shack fire

“We are suffering for arguments between people we don’t know” says victim

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Brief | 16 March 2020

Staff protest and students boycott Eastcape Midlands TVET College

Unions and student organisations want lifestyle audit of college management

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Brief | 16 March 2020

“I am living in a toilet,” says eThekwini resident

Residents want the municipality to fix a sewage leak which they say has been overflowing since early January

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Brief | 16 March 2020

Central Methodist Church seeks advice over removal of refugees

“The refugee leadership gave me the assurance that they will vacate the church. They did not honour these commitments”

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Brief | 13 March 2020

Hospital general staff down tools

Uitenhage Provincial Hospital management to meet with union on Monday

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Brief | 13 March 2020

Pensioner helps himself and his neighbourhood by recycling from illegal dumps

“The illegal dumping sites are a nuisance to our health and to the environment,” says PE resident Ntsokolo Konzapi

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Brief | 13 March 2020

“People are dying and getting injured everyday on this road,” says Cornubia resident

EThekwini Municipality says it is considering erecting a temporary steel pedestrian bridge on the R102

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Brief | 12 March 2020

Former PE municipal workers demand jobs

Unions want immediate implementation of 2018 resolution to make workers permanent

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Brief | 11 March 2020

Parents lock principal out of school

Willowfontein Intermediate school is in a dire state and issues are not being addressed, say community members

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Brief | 11 March 2020

Human Settlements make about turn on “poorly built” RDP foundations

116 cement slabs are to be rebuilt at Despatch housing project

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Brief | 10 March 2020

Women march against evictions in Drakenstein

“Share the land with those who work on it”

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Brief | 6 March 2020

PRASA ordered to pay security companies plus punitive costs

#UniteBehind intervention application postponed until 26 March

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Brief | 6 March 2020

Woman raped in public library organises protest to demand better security

About 50 learners from various high schools protested outside Uitenhage Public Library

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Brief | 6 March 2020

Circus occupiers picket for housing

Occupiers are expected back in court next month

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Brief | 6 March 2020

KZN TVET students arrested for protesting released on bail

“We will fight even if we get arrested” says student

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Brief | 6 March 2020

School suffers teacher shortage after 100% matric pass rate

Enrolment numbers have doubled at Coselelani High School and teachers can’t cope

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Brief | 6 March 2020