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Minister hears allegations against police after 11 murdered on weekend
Residents claim police are under resourced, corrupt, in cahoots with criminals, and that the station commander hasn’t been seen since 2018.
By Vincent Lali
News | 9 July 2019
No shelters for Johannesburg’s homeless
City says 10,000 people are living on its streets, but it only funds one shelter
By Chris Gilili
News | 8 July 2019
Khayelitsha lacks a proper sexual offences court
Survivors of rape need better support within the criminal justice system, say civil society organisations
News | 4 July 2019
I’m fighting for my grandchildren and great-grandchildren, says Hanover Park pensioner
Residents block off suburb to protest against gang violence
News | 3 July 2019
Emergency workers sit around all day because there are no ambulances
KZN’s broken ambulances: no help for people in emergencies and EMS personnel put in danger
News | 3 July 2019
Women and unemployed young men dodge trains to scavenge for coal
People hunt for coal that has fallen off trains along the Brakpan–Springs line
News | 3 July 2019
Woman has waited seven years in cold, leaking shack for builders to finish her RDP house
People’s Housing Process contractor went into liquidation, says City
By Vincent Lali
News | 3 July 2019
Child-headed household faces bleak future
Siyanda Nyovane is head of his household and lives in a shack. The 19-year-old has kept himself and his younger brother in school for years
News | 2 July 2019
Refugees wait for months in Musina for temporary permits
About 200 refugees are crowded into four tents at a church shelter
News | 2 July 2019