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Covid-19: Increase in social grants not good enough, say critics

Activists and academics say government’s grant increases are a “way of appearing generous while actually reducing the disaster relief budget”

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News | 29 April 2020

Beaches at risk: Report reveals alarming pollution along Cape Town’s coast

Popular beaches are among 31 polluted sites, long-awaited water quality report shows

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News | 29 April 2020

Covid-19: Strandfontein site for homeless to be closed, says councillor

Email reveals plan to close it on Thursday

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News | 29 April 2020

Covid-19 prolongs Makhanda water crisis

Hundreds of millions budgeted for bulk water and sanitation projects to be shifted to emergency response plan

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News | 29 April 2020

Conflict in Philippi over electricity connections

Men living in Ramaphosa informal settlement accused of attacking women in Victoria Mxenge community

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News | 28 April 2020

Hours after agreeing not to demolish shacks, eThekwini municipality sends in Land Invasion Unit

No demolitions, but residents of Khenana informal settlement say they were threatened and harassed

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News | 28 April 2020

Covid-19: Minister puts a stop to lottery ticket sales

Unclear why National Lotteries Commission was selling a non-essential good during lockdown

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News | 25 April 2020

Covid-19: Autism community pleads for relaxed lockdown rules

“I have no fence so I am forced to keep him indoors. Taking a walk is very important for his mental and physical benefit”

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News | 24 April 2020

Covid-19: Dlamini-Zuma faces challenge over threat to lock-up infected people

“The prevention of the spread of the virus can be achieved through self-isolation at home”

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News | 24 April 2020