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Two die and hundreds left homeless by Khayelitsha fire

Frustrated victims then occupied vacant land nearby

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News | 30 October 2023

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Rural women shed light on food insecurity

“Small household gardens are not enough for women to be able to escape food insecurity” says activist

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News | 30 October 2023

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Communal toilets overflowing with faeces due to extortion

About a month ago, Sanitech workers were held at gunpoint and extortionists demanded several thousand rand

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News | 30 October 2023

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Children play among rubbish and rodents at this Dunoon park

City official says a developer is waiting for approval to fund the repairs of Thandabantu Park but suggest moving the equipment to a different place

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News | 30 October 2023

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Parents fear for children’s safety at this crumbling school

Mntla Primary consists of prefabs from the 1980s

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News | 30 October 2023

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Welkom municipal workers furious after learning they won’t be paid

A letter signed by the municipal manager states workers may have to wait until the end of October to get their salaries

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News | 27 October 2023

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Criminal case against former PRASA director kicked down the tracks – again

Mthuthuzeli Swartz was arrested for the sale of 42km of railway line in January 2019

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News | 27 October 2023

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Life-saving TB drug is now cheaper in South Africa, but not as cheap as it can be

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to drop the price of bedaquiline to the South African government by more than 40%

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News | 27 October 2023

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Disability grant applicants sleep outside this SASSA office

SASSA admitted that there had been “technical challenges with the online system” but that these had since been resolved

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News | 27 October 2023

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Landmark decision for housing in Cape Town

City Council releases land in Salt River for social housing

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News | 26 October 2023

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Backyarders demolish shacks in Cape Town

Violence and tensions between land occupiers and backyarders has been brewing for months in Khayelitsha

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News | 26 October 2023

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Health department has not fully implemented court order, say lawyers

The department was ordered to put notices up in hospitals and clinics stating that children under six and pregnant and breastfeeding women are eligible for free health care irrespective of nationality

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News | 26 October 2023

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Embattled municipality yet to pay thousands of workers’ salaries

Workers staged a sit-in at the Matjhabeng municipal headquarters in Welkom to demand that they be paid immediately

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News | 26 October 2023

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Any parent is entitled to four months parental leave, rules High Court

Sections of the Basic Conditions of Employment and the Unemployment Insurance Fund acts declared unconstitutional

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News | 26 October 2023

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Sand mining company appeals against refusal of water licence in Philippi

A campaign to preserve the horticultural area says the silica mine will impact food security and the Cape Flats Aquifer

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News | 26 October 2023

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Tears and joy as miners return to the surface after hostage drama

Police open kidnapping case after events at Gold One mine

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News | 25 October 2023