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Protesters call for taverns to be shut down in central East London

“We don’t want a repeat of Enyobeni”

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News | 1 June 2023

Child protection services raise alarm on funding shortfalls

Funding for child protection programmes in the Western Cape has not kept pace with inflation

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News | 31 May 2023

Standoff between shack dwellers and sand mining company in Khayelitsha

Mining operations halted after families living in shacks near the site complain about sand filling their homes

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News | 30 May 2023

Animal welfare organisations celebrate resumption of Lottery funding

The National Lotteries Commission had withdrawn funding for animal welfare in 2022/23

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News | 29 May 2023

“People put borders in their hearts, that’s where xenophobia comes from”

Immigrant and South African women celebrate Africa Day together

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News | 29 May 2023

Ekurhuleni’s multi-billion rand housing project stalls as nearby shack dwellers demand services

“The government has surely forgotten us” says Daggafontein pensioner

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News | 29 May 2023

R26-million Lehae Library opens seven years after construction started

Concerns over safety remain after armed robbery weeks before opening

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News | 26 May 2023

School land occupiers demand relocation to serviced sites

East London shack dwellers say they won’t move unless it is somewhere with water, electricity and toilets

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News | 26 May 2023

Court upholds eviction of circus occupiers

Residents offered accommodation at the Culemborg Safe Space and must be out by 31 July

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News | 26 May 2023