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Dozens of EPWP workers not paid since May

Workers say they’ve been given the runaround by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

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News | 31 July 2020

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Police disperse Zimbabwean protesters in Cape Town

Demonstration was in solidarity with human rights protests in Zimbabwe

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News | 31 July 2020

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Twenty arrested after shops of foreign nationals looted and torched

Human rights groups have criticised government’s inaction to deal with xenophobic attacks

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News | 31 July 2020

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Creecy poised for West Coast wind farm decision

New concerns raised over impact of transmission line connecting the project to the grid

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News | 31 July 2020

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Job cuts, lock-ins, and fear: Domestic workers suffer Covid-19 squeeze

“Hunger is getting worse” says union official

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News | 31 July 2020

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Residents’ association wants activist’s soup kitchen closed

“Feed them in their areas” says association chairperson

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News | 31 July 2020

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Khayelitsha business owner caught in “rain of stones” during protest

Nelly Tom has scratches and bruising on her face and her work vehicle is severely damaged

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News | 31 July 2020

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“Improve conditions at all health facilities” demands TAC

Protesters give Eastern Cape health department seven days to respond to demand to produce Covid-19 plan

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News | 30 July 2020

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PE shack dwellers shut down neighbourhood

“We want to get the attention of this municipality. But if officials don’t address us we will stop all the projects in this ward.”

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News | 30 July 2020

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Cape Town residents close bridge to reduce crime

Pedestrian walkway connecting Mandalay to Lower Crossroads cut off

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News | 30 July 2020

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Not introducing a Basic Income Grant could be “disastrous” says ANC report

Proposal is for R500 a month for everyone aged 18 to 59

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News | 30 July 2020

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“I can’t even feed my children” says unemployed farmworker

Seasonal workers take farm owner to CCMA for “unfair dismissal and illegal eviction”

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News | 30 July 2020

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Durban is “waging war” on the poor during a pandemic, says shack dweller movement

Homes demolished in Cato Manor

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News | 29 July 2020

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Millions of rands in lottery funding for mysterious music festival

R15 million paid to dormant organisation but chairman says he’s unaware of the grant

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News | 29 July 2020

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Dunoon residents threaten to empty toilets on N7

Petitioners tell City of Cape Town to dump contractor

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News | 29 July 2020

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Lottery bows to pressure and releases grant details

But information on the Covid-19 relief fund is incomplete

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News | 28 July 2020