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Edendale Hospital bed shortage means patients wait on chairs for days

NEHAWU blames hospital management

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News | 2 March 2020

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No end to water rationing in Makhanda

Water crisis could have been avoided, says residents’ association

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News | 2 March 2020

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Not much progress with Ramaphosa’s school sanitation campaign

Only 266 out of 3,898 schools have benefitted

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News | 2 March 2020

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City acts against Greenmarket Square protesters

It remains to be seen if the nearly six-month long stand-off in central Cape Town has ended

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News | 1 March 2020

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Councillor must fall, say Soweto White City residents

Councillor Ntombizodwa Nxumalo says protests are politically motivated

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News | 28 February 2020

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Taps ran dry over a decade ago in North West Village

Villagers have depended on buying water from private tankers and people with wells

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News | 28 February 2020

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Tragic landfill conflict fouls Cape Town’s air

Security guard murdered, dumpsite set on fire

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News | 27 February 2020

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Charges against Women on Farms director withdrawn

Colette Solomon was arrested during an anti-eviction protest

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News | 27 February 2020

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Police watchdog commits to major policy change

IPID will prioritise investigating the most serious allegations against officers

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News | 27 February 2020

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“Sisi, what’s the use of voting?” asks Pietermaritzburg resident

Impassable roads, no tap water, no clinic, no community hall and their municipality placed under administration for irregular expenditure

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News | 27 February 2020

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Women make a living picking through scrap metal

“It’s amazing what valuable pieces one can find … Maybe one day l will even find gold”

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News | 27 February 2020

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Budget Day marked by protests and marches

Issues included unemployment, climate change and gender rights

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News | 26 February 2020

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Paraplegic man dreams of having a house

Lwando Sigaqa lives in a shack in Taiwan informal settlement

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News | 26 February 2020

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Furious Uitenhage protesters block roads, turn learners back from school, stone councillor’s office

Shack dwellers vow to bar politicians from Bobani Village until progress is made with electrification

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News | 25 February 2020

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Couple dies in shack fire in Kraaifontein

Wallacedene shack dwellers say they had no water to extinguish the blaze

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News | 25 February 2020

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Eastern Cape villagers promised water in 1998, still waiting

Over R23 million spent and the bills keep mounting, but the taps stay dry in Flagstaff villages

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News | 25 February 2020