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Scores of commuters stranded as taxi drivers strike in Cape Town

“We begged one of the taxi drivers to take us to Bellville, but he refused and said he would not risk his life by transporting us”

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News | 24 March 2022

Farm women demand Distell act against suppliers that violate workers’ rights

“We work in the vineyard, we grow it, we prune it, we work with the fruit, but we get the least money” says farm worker

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News | 24 March 2022

Two years after we reported the “moving coffin” school bus, things are worse

Children drop out of school because of scholar transport chaos

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News | 24 March 2022

Thousands of learners robbed of library services by criminals

Two public libraries in Fort Beaufort ransacked during lockdown have not reopened

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News | 24 March 2022

It would take 115 years to tar Limpopo’s roads, says Road Agency

Nearly 70% of the province’s roads are still gravel

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News | 24 March 2022

E-hailing drivers stop work over safety and pay

“When you complain, you speak to robots”

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News | 23 March 2022

Lotteries Commission goes to court to force minister to appoint new board

The term of current members expires on 31 March

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News | 23 March 2022

Eight dirty toilets for 1,000 people in Tshwane settlement

Residents of Baghdad settlement in Salvokop go to the church for water and to the tavern to use the toilet

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News | 23 March 2022

Metrorail’s Northern Line is coming back to life, but V-E-R-Y slowly

Trains still don’t stop at what was the line’s busiest station

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News | 22 March 2022

Diver accuses Alexkor of more illegal rock dumping

And Green Scorpions find evidence that the company is defying a Compliance Notice on coffer dam construction

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News | 22 March 2022

Municipality never had a plan for water crisis, says Musina community

Water shortages and sewage problems have dragged on for a decade

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News | 22 March 2022

Marchers demands action against xenophobic attacks

Protesters want the government intervene to end violence against foreign nationals

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News | 22 March 2022

New clinics built near Pretoria but years later they are still not open

People in Soshanguve and Hammanskraal are struggling to access health services while newly built facilities stand idle

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News | 22 March 2022

Jobless trio clean Makhanda’s streets for free

“We can’t wait for the authorities to come and clean up”

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News | 18 March 2022

Crèche owners protest at Parliament, demanding outstanding grants

Early childhood development centres want all money paid out by the end of the month

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News | 17 March 2022

Fire leaves 200 families homeless in Strand

A blaze fanned by high winds swept through Solly’s Town on Wednesday night

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News | 17 March 2022