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Taxi strike cost Western Cape R5-billion, MEC tells Parliament

The strike was called without notice and badly affected businesses, learners, clinics and government services

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News | 25 August 2023

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Survey reveals massive decline in rail passengers over the last ten years

The number of Metrorail passenger journeys have dropped by 46-million since 2013, but gains have been made over the last year

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News | 25 August 2023

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Community Work Programme workers upset over R3,700 a month earning limit

Workers say they must submit bank statements for three months and are fired if they earn above this limit

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News | 25 August 2023

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EFF disrupts Cape Town council meeting, takes aim at JP Smith

But the controversial Mayco Member received a standing ovation from DA members for his handling of the taxi strike

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News | 24 August 2023

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Gauteng Premier promises a “realistic” plan for services in Slovo Park

The settlement has waited for over two decades to be upgraded despite a 2016 court ruling in residents’ favour

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News | 24 August 2023

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Canoeist brothers clean up Khayelitsha wetland

Hours spent every week removing invasive water hyacinth and rubbish

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News | 24 August 2023

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Housing activists march to President’s doorstep

The existing State Land Disposal Act could be used to fast track the use of public land for human settlement

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News | 23 August 2023

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Climate activists demand action at BRICS talks

Hundreds protest in Sandton where summit is underway

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News | 23 August 2023

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Mamelodi shack dwellers won’t get promised houses anytime soon

City of Tshwane says it intends to complete approval for a township for Stoffel Park in April 2024

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News | 23 August 2023

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Mystery surrounds black empowerment gains from G4S prison contract

Dividends were supposed to address needs of local community

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News | 23 August 2023

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Axed PRASA board chair goes to court to get his job back

Leonard Ramatlakane argues that if he did anything wrong it was minor and unintentional

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News | 22 August 2023

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Kwaito star Arthur Mafokate and the dodgy Lottery grant

Mafokate’s company invoiced a non-profit organisation over R1-million from a lottery grant for a music festival that never happened

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News | 21 August 2023

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Learners launch storytelling project to “recapture the beauty” of Masiphumelele

Masiphumelele: Through The Struggles We Rise is a project by nine high school girls and students from the Stellenbosch Academy of Photography and Design

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News | 21 August 2023

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Cape Town taxi agreement made an order of court

The High Court also dismissed SANTACO’s interdict application

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News | 18 August 2023

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Homeowners storm out of tense meeting with eThekwini municipality over rates hike

Households boycotting their bill payments will be dealt with individually, says mayor

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News | 18 August 2023

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Students fear being evicted again if NSFAS payment issues not resolved

“My family is over 1,500 kilometres away in the Free State and I don’t really have anyone in Cape Town that I can go live with if we are evicted again,” she says.

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News | 18 August 2023