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Workers in Cape wine industry face “job massacre”

Over a dozen wine farms are taking government to court over the new blanket ban on alcohol sales

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News | 21 July 2020

SASSA not processing new disability grant applications during the pandemic

“I came here with my letter to apply for a grant. I didn’t even make it through the gate”

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News | 21 July 2020

Another country: UNHCR protest refugees still hold out for resettlement

The Methodist Church and Greenmarket Square protest refugees are living in camps in Bellville and Kensington

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News | 21 July 2020

School Governing Bodies order immediate shutdown of primary schools

But Eastern Cape Department of Education says only Cabinet has the authority to close schools

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News | 20 July 2020

Mob burns Covid-19 facility and community hall

Ward councillor’s family moved to safehouse after their home was also attacked

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News | 20 July 2020

Community leader shot in escalating electricity battle

Attempts by SAPS and municipality to intervene have not yet reduced tension

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News | 20 July 2020

Clinic without proper electricity and running water for ten months

Staff say they make daily trips to collect water from the nearest facility about 10km away

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News | 17 July 2020

RDP homeowners and shack dwellers clash over electricity

Nkandla residents tried to remove connections from Endlovini informal settlement in Port Elizabeth

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News | 17 July 2020

KZN hospital shut down, patients evacuated

“Thanks for the opportunity but we will not be commenting” says provincial health department

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News | 17 July 2020