Brief

Relocated fire victims made unwelcome by PE homeowners

“We have suffered enough in the hall and now they want to finish us off here”

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Brief | 19 April 2020

Covid-19: Lockdown life in crowded Lusikisiki

Villagers who come to town to shop have to wait hours for taxis to take them home

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Brief | 18 April 2020

Covid-19: Leather business in Oudtshoorn takes strain as tourism plummets

Cheslyn Wagenaar makes belts and sandals at his RDP home with offcuts of crocodile and ostrich skins

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Brief | 18 April 2020

Covid-19: Hospital staff demand protective gear and danger pay

NEHAWU meets with Dora Nginza hospital management to resolve complaints

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Brief | 17 April 2020

Shack dwellers win court victory against City of Cape Town

Empolweni residents whose shacks were demolished during the lockdown can return to the land and rebuild

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Brief | 17 April 2020

Covid-19: New regulations to get water and sanitation packs to communities

There is now an emergency procurement mechanism in place

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Brief | 16 April 2020

Covid-19: Informal settlement without water despite Durban mayor’s promise

In January the City demolished the only toilet in Mandeni

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Brief | 16 April 2020

Covid-19: A blind couple’s battle to find food in Louis Trichardt

The couple from Zimbabwe say they relied on money from begging outside stores to buy food and pay rent

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Brief | 16 April 2020

Covid-19: Domestic worker gives away nearly half her salary

Desperate immigrants helped during lockdown

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Brief | 16 April 2020

Covid-19: Patients turned away as PE clinic runs out of water

Ward councillor blames decaying municipal infrastructure for burst water pipe

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Brief | 15 April 2020

Covid-19: KZN nurses stranded in Western Cape

Nurses told by agencies that they can’t be booked because they are not covered should they contract coronavirus at work

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Brief | 14 April 2020

Activists and Cape Town law enforcement clash in Khayelitsha

Dispute over shack demolitions during Covid-19 lockdown escalates

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Brief | 11 April 2020

Covid-19: Protest action threatened as informal traders receive “preferential” treatment

Some PE residents angry over food parcel distribution to hawkers

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Brief | 10 April 2020

Covid-19: Spaza shop owners under pressure to stay open after hours

Shop owners near Louis Trichardt said they will not disobey the regulations

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Brief | 10 April 2020

Covid-19: Doctors released from isolation in Limpopo TB hospital

This follows widespread criticism of MEC Phophi Ramathuba

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Brief | 9 April 2020

Covid-19: Health minister calls for volunteers

NGOs and retired medical professionals especially needed

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Brief | 9 April 2020