Brief
Most recipients unpaid after millions stolen from Guardian’s Fund
Justice Department has suspended officials allegedly involved in theft
Brief | 30 June 2023
Nelson Mandela Bay residents protest high water bills
Water Crisis Committee leader says the municipal billing system is flawed
Brief | 29 June 2023
Health workers protest at Lentegeur hospital
Unhappiness over payments and workers left jobless
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 29 June 2023
Woman allocated an RDP house years ago still lives in a shack
Bomkazi Sitela’s RDP house in Mandela Park was illegally occupied
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 29 June 2023
25-year-old informal settlement still lacks basic services
GPO residents voted ANC because they believed their relocation would be delayed if they didn’t, says resident Thozama Nyathela. “We were only being fed empty promises.”
Brief | 29 June 2023
Three more G4S prison officials in court for aiding Thabo Bester’s escape
All 12 suspects are expected back in court in August for start of the main criminal trial
By Daniel Steyn and Becker Semela
Brief | 28 June 2023
Kariega clinics closed after staff robbed at gunpoint
Eastern Cape health department says five incidents at different clinics have left staff and patients traumatised
Brief | 27 June 2023
Khayelitsha residents fed up with years of delays in housing project
Planning for the Taiwan informal settlement upgrade started in August 2018 and construction of 4,500 “housing opportunities” will only begin next year
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 27 June 2023
Western Cape NUMSA secretary must be reinstated CCMA rules
Vuyo Lufele was suspended after raising concerns about 3Sixty Life, a funeral insurance company owned by the union
Brief | 26 June 2023