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Informal settlement residents demand water ahead of lockdown

“Everybody says that the most vulnerable will be protected but what has the government done to make sure the most vulnerable have access to water?”

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News | 26 March 2020

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Why is PRASA still trying to buy trains that can’t be used?

The too-tall AFRO4000 locomotive rears its head again

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News | 26 March 2020

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Covid-19: Lockdown hits informal traders

Many traders have no savings and without any income they don’t know how they will make it through the next 21 days

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News | 26 March 2020

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Our living conditions deserve the same attention as Coronavirus, say angry shackdwellers

Roads blocked, buses set alight in Port Elizabeth

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News | 25 March 2020

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Covid-19: It’s hard to wash your hands when 380 families share three taps

“If I use the one bucket of water to do laundry then I remain without water to cook and wash hands”

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News | 25 March 2020

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“In Glebelands you were supposed to be careful, be alert and know who you were talking to before you say anything” witness tells court

The trial is expected to continue on 20 April

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News | 24 March 2020

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Families moved to “serviced sites” say they are worse off than before

131 households in Jaagvlakte find themselves without water

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News | 24 March 2020

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Covid-19: New UIF provisions may help workers

But labour lawyer has his doubts and the Fund is “inundated with enquiries from businesses”

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News | 23 March 2020

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How a Cape Town group is helping neighbourhoods fight Covid-19

As confirmed cases pass 400, we all need to do our part

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News | 23 March 2020

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Dozens of families spend night outside amid ongoing evictions

“They left us with nothing. I don’t know where I will go now” says Khayelitsha occupier

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News | 23 March 2020

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Covid-19: Circumcision schools suspended in Eastern Cape

Teams sent to Chris Hani, Komani, OR Tambo and Port St John’s to “rescue boys” in illegal schools, says Provincial Chair of House of Traditional leaders

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News | 23 March 2020

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Human Rights Commission asked to look at farm job losses and evictions

Seasonal farm worker says she was dismissed without full pay and told: “It’s because of the virus”

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News | 23 March 2020

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Covid-19: Housing activists call for halt to evictions

“The current business as usual response … does not consider the communicable nature of Covid-19”

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News | 21 March 2020

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Christiaan Barnard Memorial wasn’t ready to accept Covid-19 patient

Woman is now being treated in Groote Schuur

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News | 20 March 2020

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“If employers tell domestic workers to stay home, they must still get paid” says union

Department of Labour says provisions are being made to safeguard employees forced to take leave amid Covid-19 fears

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News | 20 March 2020

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PE community leaders blame mayco member for failed relocation

MMC for Human Settlements Andile Mfunda under fire but standing firm

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News | 20 March 2020