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Campaigners launch The Real Jobs Summit ahead of budget speech

About 150 protesters marched to Parliament on Monday under the banner of Cry of the Xcluded campaign

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News | 25 February 2020

Hospital in dire straits after Eastern Cape Health Department fails to pay contractors

Refurbishment ground to a halt at the hospital when the department ran out of money. Union threatens to down tools

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News | 25 February 2020

Judges award punitive cost order against PRASA for delay in multi-billion rand Siyangena case

#UniteBehind calls for PRASA’s Administrator to be held liable for part of the legal fees

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News | 24 February 2020

Abahlali marches in support of land expropriation

“We want government to give us title deeds for the land that we are already occupying”

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News | 24 February 2020

Not safe to go to the toilet

Residents of Kliprand informal settlement have opted for the bucket system because gangs target people using communal toilets at night

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News | 24 February 2020

Vandals make drought worse in Graaff-Reinet

Taps ran dry last year for thousands of residents in drought-stricken town

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News | 24 February 2020

Protest theatre comes to the Waterfront

Cry of the Xcluded is a campaign against unemployment

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News | 24 February 2020

Violent protests in PE over failure to relocate shack dwellers

“The residents have been flooded with empty promises by human settlements officials” says ward councillor

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News | 21 February 2020

COSATU demands government and PRASA fix Metrorail

Hundreds marched in Cape Town on Thursday

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News | 20 February 2020

Province raps City’s knuckles over state of rivers

Water quality results “disturbing” says MEC

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News | 20 February 2020

Greenmarket Square traders want protesting refugees removed

“We have lost five months of business” says trader

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News | 20 February 2020

Farm worker challenges authorities in court over housing

Municipality and province accused of not meeting constitutional obligations

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News | 20 February 2020

“The struggle against corruption is a struggle for human rights”

Civil society working group submits recommendations to Zondo Commission

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News | 19 February 2020

Mounting pressure on families living at PE school to relocate

Principal says occupation is a threat to the survival of his school

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News | 19 February 2020

Angry Butterworth protesters send mayor away

Residents ask Premier to drink borehole water, but he refuses

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News | 19 February 2020

Buffalo City College students boycott classes over unpaid NSFAS allowances

Student leaders say students are being evicted because they cannot pay rent

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News | 19 February 2020