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Hundreds of incomplete RDP homes left to rot
National and provincial human settlements departments say NU29 housing project is responsibility of the municipality
News | 30 March 2020
Covid-19: Police shut immigrant-owned spaza shops after Minister’s xenophobic statement
Open shops for us to buy locally and obey lockdown, say township residents
News | 27 March 2020
“Our entire livelihoods are coming to a standstill” says waste picker
Informal sector workers’ plea to be included in UIF provisions during the lockdown
By Zoë Postman
News | 27 March 2020
ANC members accused of selling land for illegal occupation
Angered community leader responds by selling sites for just R1
News | 27 March 2020
Academics raise alarm over by-law restricting water testing
The City says research in its nature reserves is allowed but only with permission
News | 26 March 2020
Informal settlement residents demand water ahead of lockdown
“Everybody says that the most vulnerable will be protected but what has the government done to make sure the most vulnerable have access to water?”
News | 26 March 2020
Why is PRASA still trying to buy trains that can’t be used?
The too-tall AFRO4000 locomotive rears its head again
By James Stent
News | 26 March 2020
Covid-19: Lockdown hits informal traders
Many traders have no savings and without any income they don’t know how they will make it through the next 21 days
News | 26 March 2020
Our living conditions deserve the same attention as Coronavirus, say angry shackdwellers
Roads blocked, buses set alight in Port Elizabeth
News | 25 March 2020