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Farm workers say they have nothing to celebrate on Human Rights Day

Illegal evictions of farm dwellers on the rise, says union

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News | 23 March 2021

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Refugee organisations stage ceremony pretending that Home Affairs has resumed services

Asylum seekers are desperate for government to start serving them again

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News | 19 March 2021

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Rhodes University campus shut all week by students

Online teaching has continued

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News | 19 March 2021

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Call for Child Support Grant to include poor pregnant women

A study found that many pregnant women in the Cape Metro went hungry following the Covid-19 lockdown

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News | 19 March 2021

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Bus services suspended in Nelson Mandela Bay: thousands of workers stranded

Taxi driver says they will torch any bus that operates in defiance of the strike

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News | 19 March 2021

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Minister Patel deals lottery corruption a blow

The National Lotteries Commission has been using a regulation of the Lotteries Act to hide information

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News | 19 March 2021

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Community shuts down dilapidated Pietermaritzburg school

Education department to investigate complaints

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News | 18 March 2021

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Violent clashes in Masiphumelele over future of sportsfield

The City wants to build temporary houses on it but as one resident says, “To the City, temporary can be 25 years.”

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News | 18 March 2021

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This is how South Africa’s vaccination programme works. But is the system able to scale up?

Getting vaccinated “is the best thing you can do for yourself” says Groote Schuur nurse

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News | 17 March 2021

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Gqeberha roads blocked by protesters demanding jobs

Unemployed Motherwell residents want to be prioritised by the Coega Development Corporation

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News | 17 March 2021

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Shack dweller Nikiwe Sipenuka has no feet and no hands. She has been waiting for a house for years

Unclear why provincial government has not prioritised her house

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News | 17 March 2021

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Former farmworker refuses to leave her home of 30 years

Ladismith farmer says he needs the house for current workers

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News | 17 March 2021

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Schools still turning away immigrant children

In spite of instructions, children without documents are still being refused places

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News | 16 March 2021

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Labour Department to probe “poor conditions” on Cape farm

Workers are demanding running water, lower electricity rates and improved housing

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News | 16 March 2021

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Historic pub faces eviction by South African army, say owners

The beautiful stone pub has underground passages where mine workers used to train

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News | 16 March 2021

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Students barricade universities in Johannesburg and Gqeberha

Protests against debt escalate

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News | 15 March 2021