Brief

School children block road to Alice

Five weeks into the school year and some classes have not started at Kuyasa Senior Secondary

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Brief | 21 February 2019

Mboweni receives workers’ demands ahead of budget speech

Minister of Finance addressed marchers outside Parliament

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Brief | 20 February 2019

University orders students to leave residences following violent protests

Some students say they will not leave

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Brief | 20 February 2019

1,000 families move onto vacant land as mayor freezes evictions

Residents name settlement “Bobani Village” after Nelson Mandela Bay mayor

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Brief | 20 February 2019

Concern over high number of vigilante killings in PE

At least 13 people killed in past four months

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Brief | 19 February 2019

Angry residents shut down clinic

Patients say clinic is understaffed and service is poor

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Brief | 19 February 2019

NEHAWU shuts down TVET colleges in Pietermaritzburg

Colleges have been closed since Thursday

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Brief | 19 February 2019

CPUT shuts building after flood

One student arrested, suspected of causing flood and “more arrests expected to follow in due course”

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Brief | 18 February 2019

Hundreds left homeless after shack fire in Dunoon

People have lost everything in the fire, but luckily there were no fatalities

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Brief | 15 February 2019

NEHAWU begins nationwide shutdown of colleges

Shutdown “indefinite” until demands are met says national spokesperson

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Brief | 14 February 2019

Port Elizabeth clinic closed by crime

Councillor says 24-hour security needed at clinics

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Brief | 12 February 2019

Nooitgedacht school children protest after shootings

Two people killed in a shooting outside the school on Sunday

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Brief | 12 February 2019

Unemployment rate keeps climbing

Quarterly survey says 27.1% of the labour force is out of work. A year ago it was 26.7%

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Brief | 12 February 2019

Protests halt classes at nursing college

Students at Western Cape College of Nursing want running water, better security and longer library hours

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Brief | 12 February 2019

Nursing students say their residences are unsafe

CPUT college students say they have found thieves and intruders several times

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Brief | 8 February 2019

Law change will make it illegal to charge for adoption services

Organisations are concerned the number of adoptions will decline

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Brief | 8 February 2019