Brief

Planting veggies for the hard times ahead

Candy Mayfair of Oudtshoorn has started growing vegetables for the first time in her life

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Brief | 15 May 2020

Man dies in first shack fire at relocation site in PE

Households relocated to Jaagvlakte serviced sites in February have been waiting ever since for electricity and water to be connected

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Brief | 15 May 2020

Oudtshoorn families accuse municipality of sidelining them for housing

Municipality says plan to provide housing and services to Zone 14 could only start next year

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Brief | 14 May 2020

Union and nurses demand staff be isolated while awaiting Covid-19 test results

Health department appeals to Eastern Cape clinic staff to return to work

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Brief | 13 May 2020

Covid-19: Nurses stop work in Eastern Cape town after one tests positive

Department says it will clean the facility and test staff at Dutywa Health Centre

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Brief | 12 May 2020

Prison riot in Lusikisiki

Awaiting trial inmates say their “rights are grossly violated” by the Covid-19 lockdown regulations

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Brief | 12 May 2020

Covid-19: “One day I will get my own food parcel”

Hungry KwaNobuhle residents wait all night for food

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Brief | 12 May 2020

Covid-19: “If we continue like this the virus is going to kill us,” says worried shopper

Social distancing rules ignored at Nyanga mall in Cape Town

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Brief | 11 May 2020

Covid-19: Government starts large prisoner release

About 19,000 low-risk offenders may qualify

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Brief | 8 May 2020

Staff picket over plan to convert TB hospital to treat Covid-19

Emergency medical services and unions say personal protective equipment is in short supply

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Brief | 8 May 2020

Cookhouse residents refuse councillor’s offer of paraffin and wood

The community of KwaNoxolo township say they will accept nothing short of electricity

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Brief | 7 May 2020

Staff at Uitenhage hospital picket over Covid-19 concerns

Health department appeals for protests to stop

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Brief | 7 May 2020

500 households in Empumelelweni have no toilets

Ward councillor says she didn’t know of the settlement

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Brief | 7 May 2020

Covid-19: The message is in the hair

Uitenhage hair stylist “writes” with his dreadlocks

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Brief | 7 May 2020

SASSA blames staff shortage for grant glitches

Nearly 600,000 grant payments duplicated on Monday

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Brief | 6 May 2020

Hair and beauty technicians petition to start working

Employer’s organisation has collected nearly 70,000 signatures

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Brief | 6 May 2020