Brief

Water situation desperate in Hankey and Patensie

Towns’ population swells with thousands of seasonal workers needed to harvest the citrus crop

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Brief | 21 May 2021

Covid funds for artists: Public Protector intervenes

“Artists are not seen as employees but as freelancers” says performer

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Brief | 20 May 2021

Eastern Cape villagers have to cross a river to reach their nearest clinic

Provincial health department says National Health Insurance programme will help rural residents to access health care

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Brief | 20 May 2021

Elderly woman forgotten during Covid relocation

Municipality can’t say why 74-year-old Nontombazana April did not benefit from a municipal housing programme last year

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Brief | 19 May 2021

Judge to oversee plan to re-open Cape Town Refugee Reception Office

Court rules Home Affairs must provide monthly progress reports

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Brief | 18 May 2021

Johannesburg garbage removal: reclaimers relieved that Pikitup’s R50 levy has been withdrawn

Although the decision has brought some relief, reclaimers still say they have not been made a part of the city’s recycling programme

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Brief | 17 May 2021

Strike at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University enters second week

NEHAWU is demanding a 6% pay increase; management initially offered 3.5%

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Brief | 17 May 2021

Imbali brought to standstill by fury over electricity cut

Eskom says it isn’t safe for its teams to complete their work

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Brief | 14 May 2021

Wynberg’s unwanted hounded homeless

“Everyone wants a place to put their head down” says community leader

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Brief | 14 May 2021

Dozens march in Gugulethu demanding justice for woman murdered by her boyfriend

The accused is set to appear in the Athlone Magistrates Court on Friday

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Brief | 13 May 2021

Dlamini finally pays R650,000 owed in legal costs

The former Minister of Social Development was ordered to personally pay the Black Sash Trust and Freedom Under Law

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Brief | 13 May 2021

PRASA loses application for leave to appeal reinstating executives

Judge finds grounds for appeal of Ngoye judgment “grossly misconceived”

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Brief | 13 May 2021

78-year-old Limpopo granny says she doubts she’ll ever see her promised house

Councillor says construction will start “soon”

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Brief | 12 May 2021

Hundreds protest against Israeli airstrikes

Protesters demand South Africa boycott, divest and impose sanctions on Israel

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Brief | 11 May 2021

COSATU calls for public audit of Lottery

“The silence of the NLC on these allegations is deafening”

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Brief | 11 May 2021

Dunoon land occupiers build flood barrier

Last winter the Diep River burst its banks flooding homes

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Brief | 10 May 2021