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“Empty promises by housing officials” trigger protests in Despatch

“It is easy for this government to shoot at us when we protest. But it is difficult to give us the houses we were promised since 2015”

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News | 13 July 2020

Homes demolished as storm hits Cape Town

Five shacks in Vrygrond were demolished on a rainy Thursday afternoon

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News | 11 July 2020

“Illegal strike” says department as teachers down tools at Kraaifontein school

Teachers say they are fed up with working conditions under Covid-19

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News | 10 July 2020

“We lived better on the farms” says evictee

Families tell of hardship since being relocated from a farm to an informal settlement in Wellington

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News | 10 July 2020

Bulelani Qolani: What happened before he was dragged naked from his shack?

We have reviewed videos and interviewed witnesses

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News | 9 July 2020

Human Rights Commission monitor closes primary school

Three teachers test positive for Covid-19

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News | 9 July 2020

Shacks demolished for fourth time in Tembisa since lockdown eased

Burning of materials shows heavy handedness and violence by metro police, says lawyer

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News | 9 July 2020

Land occupation in Midvaal the work of a criminal syndicate, says City

Walkerville “Big Six” say land must be taken from whites and given to black people

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News | 9 July 2020

“Anti-social behaviour” could soon disqualify you from renting from the City

Public comment on draft housing allocation policy open till 21 July

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News | 9 July 2020

New LGBTQI+ draft guidelines for schools critically flawed say education activists

Western Cape Education Department is evaluating comments on its Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Guidelines

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News | 9 July 2020

Raising an autistic child in a shack

“He once disappeared and it gave us a fright. Now I have to stay and watch him all the time.”

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News | 8 July 2020

Three months in prison for trying to recycle waste during lockdown

Reclaimers finally released from prison in Tshwane

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News | 8 July 2020

Leaders of Bobani land occupation flee settlement

“We called them the Mugabes because they refused to step down”

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News | 8 July 2020

Truck drivers protest against employment of immigrants

Civic organisations warn of risks of xenophobia

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News | 7 July 2020

Covid-19: water protesters target N2

Eastern Cape protesters say they can’t wash their hands as directed without clean water

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News | 7 July 2020

Glenn Sandler was 36 years old and healthy. Covid-19 plunged him into a coma for three weeks

Cape Town man slowly recovering after weeks on a ventilator

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News | 7 July 2020