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No water means no service: Hundreds turned away at Gqeberha labour office
The department advised people to visit the Kariega branch or use their online services
News | 6 August 2021
Rural families battle to get water although they live near a dam
“How unfair is that? It’s a joke,” says resident
News | 6 August 2021
Immigrant fire victims denied building materials and land in Durban
While South African families in Briardene pick up their lives, immigrants have been excluded from rebuilding efforts
News | 5 August 2021
Community torch municipal office after shacks demolished
“I was relaxing on my couch when they arrived with their crowbars. They just tore apart my shack” says Gqeberha mother of four
News | 5 August 2021
Families living in filth in abandoned building
Gugulethu ward councillor acknowledges building is falling apart but can’t help occupants because it’s privately owned
News | 5 August 2021
Volunteers are fixing looted Soweto markets
“It was scary to see this area go from busy to what felt like a ghost town overnight”
News | 5 August 2021
July riots caused more than R100 million in damage to schools in KZN and Gauteng
Education department says this worsened its backlog on repairing over a thousand schools vandalised during lockdown
News | 4 August 2021
KZN family says police assaulted them and took goods that were not looted
Two family members and the pet dog shot with rubber bullets
News | 4 August 2021
Taxis return to “normal” on Cape Town roads
Except on the contested route where negotiations between CATA and CODETA are still underway
By Liezl Human
News | 3 August 2021