Brief

Protest over poor service at Khayelitsha Home Affairs

About 100 people marched in the rain under the banner of #UniteBehind

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Brief | 22 August 2023

Madibeng protesters travel 60km to complain to mayor

They are demanding consistent and clean drinking water as well as electricity

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Brief | 22 August 2023

Over 800 households near Durban without tap water for eight years

Water tanks are only filled twice a month and people have to fetch water from a river

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Brief | 22 August 2023

Langa’s cramped sewing school needs more space

The Sinakho Skills Development Centre and Entrepreneurship Training Academy

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Brief | 21 August 2023

Woman injured in roof collapse in Thohoyandou centre

Municipality in Limpopo says it warned the building owner to renovate

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Brief | 16 August 2023

Dozens of families still homeless a month after Durban shack fire

While waiting for building material, fire victims have been living in the community hall or with neighbours

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Brief | 15 August 2023

Shack dwellers look to renewable energy to power informal settlements

A group of organisations have created successful small projects, but now they want to aim bigger

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Brief | 15 August 2023

Dunoon women spend their public holiday cleaning up other people’s rubbish

Garbage has been piling up in Dunoon for more than a month

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Brief | 14 August 2023

Philippi residents roll up sleeves to clean looted library and community hall

“The people behind these attacks need to realise that they are depriving their own communities of vital services” says clean-up volunteer

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Brief | 14 August 2023