Brief

COSAS shuts down schools in Alexandra

“Pure criminality” says Gauteng Education Department

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Brief | 22 July 2020

“We are the rightful owners of these houses” say occupiers

City of Cape Town says they are jeopardising the allocation of houses to elderly beneficiaries

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Brief | 22 July 2020

Burning of clinic: suspects in court

Mayor says some services suspended after “wanton acts of vandalism”

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Brief | 21 July 2020

Prisoners at Brandvlei starved of water when pump failed

People don’t see prisoners as human beings, says inmate’s daughter

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Brief | 21 July 2020

Clinic reopens after agreement between workers and health department

Facility closed on Friday because of lack of PPE

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Brief | 20 July 2020

After five days without electricity residents protest at councillor’s home

Illegal connections blamed for power outage in Nyanga’s Hlazo Village

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Brief | 20 July 2020

Unemployed Cato Crest women start chicken farm to feed their families

“We are determined to make a success of this”

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Brief | 20 July 2020

Marikana residents cry out for flood relief

City says it has received over 60,000 requests for plastic sheeting from the area

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Brief | 20 July 2020

Protesters demand rape suspect be detained

Accused handed over to police by his parents

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Brief | 20 July 2020

Hundreds protest against farm murders

Call for state to assist with security

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Brief | 18 July 2020

“We will cause havoc” warn disgruntled church members

Former Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries members lodge formal complaint with Human Rights Commission

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Brief | 17 July 2020

Gugulethu residents protest over incomplete housing project

“If we sit back and wait for the City then we might not get our houses” says backyarder

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Brief | 16 July 2020

“There are toilets but we cannot use them”

Mobile toilets lie on the ground for weeks in PE informal settlement

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Brief | 15 July 2020

Judge orders City of Cape Town to rebuild Hangberg home

Judge Salie-Hlophe says the City “acted unlawfully”

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Brief | 15 July 2020

Children cross the Msunduzi to get to school

There are plans for a bridge but no timeframe

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Brief | 15 July 2020

Overcrowded Bobani Village will soon get toilets

Some residents fear 846 communal toilets won’t be enough for over 3,000 shacks

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Brief | 13 July 2020