Brief

City lost R140 million it could have spent on poor people, say protesters

Housing activists protest at offices of Growthpoint Properties in Cape Town

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Brief | 4 October 2018

Street vendors accuse Buffalo City of empty promises

“There is no support offered to us, although formal businesses get so much attention from the metro.”

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Brief | 4 October 2018

Sheep shearing shed used as a day care centre for 50 children

Community desperate for funds to finish building a proper centre

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Brief | 2 October 2018

Involve deaf people in deaf education, say protesters

DeafSA members marched to the Western Cape Education Department on Friday

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Brief | 1 October 2018

Home Affairs official told 86-year-old “to go back to Lesotho”

Mathabo Mofokeng could not access her pension without her ID

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Brief | 1 October 2018

New tuberculosis vaccine raises hopes

But one more large trial is needed, says TB activist

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Brief | 28 September 2018

Woodstock Hospital security guards axed on short notice

Security company director says he has no money to pay them

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Brief | 28 September 2018

JP Smith wants the Western Cape government to take over policing

City councillor blames national government for poor policing on Cape Flats

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Brief | 27 September 2018

Shortage of maths teachers in the Eastern Cape

The province has been the lowest achiever in the matric pass rate for years

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Brief | 27 September 2018

Cape Town firefighters demand better pay

Picket held outside Belhar fire station in Cape Town on Wednesday

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Brief | 27 September 2018

Deny bail to dangerous criminals, say Despatch protesters

Residents protest outside court after tavern killing

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Brief | 27 September 2018

Toilet topples over, trapping woman inside

A concrete public toilet in a Cape Town informal settlement fell over while a resident was using it

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Brief | 27 September 2018

Chaos at Bellville taxi rank

MEC said rank will be open when it is safe

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Brief | 26 September 2018

Dodgy Western Cape security contract: still no answers from Donald Grant

Documents supplied in response to PAIA request raise more questions

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Brief | 26 September 2018

Scrap metal yards: “the people’s bank”

As unemployment grows, scrap metal dealers have increased

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Brief | 25 September 2018

Pay R4 if you want to use the toilet at Home Affairs

Security guards at Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape demand money from people who need the toilet

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Brief | 24 September 2018