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Our living conditions deserve the same attention as Coronavirus, say angry shackdwellers

Roads blocked, buses set alight in Port Elizabeth

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News | 25 March 2020

Covid-19: It’s hard to wash your hands when 380 families share three taps

“If I use the one bucket of water to do laundry then I remain without water to cook and wash hands”

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News | 25 March 2020

Families moved to “serviced sites” say they are worse off than before

131 households in Jaagvlakte find themselves without water

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News | 24 March 2020

Covid-19: New UIF provisions may help workers

But labour lawyer has his doubts and the Fund is “inundated with enquiries from businesses”

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News | 23 March 2020

How a Cape Town group is helping neighbourhoods fight Covid-19

As confirmed cases pass 400, we all need to do our part

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News | 23 March 2020

Dozens of families spend night outside amid ongoing evictions

“They left us with nothing. I don’t know where I will go now” says Khayelitsha occupier

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News | 23 March 2020

Covid-19: Circumcision schools suspended in Eastern Cape

Teams sent to Chris Hani, Komani, OR Tambo and Port St John’s to “rescue boys” in illegal schools, says Provincial Chair of House of Traditional leaders

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News | 23 March 2020

Human Rights Commission asked to look at farm job losses and evictions

Seasonal farm worker says she was dismissed without full pay and told: “It’s because of the virus”

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News | 23 March 2020