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UCT students defy court order
Students at UCT, protesting at a planned 10.3% fee hike, marched on the university residences today and then on Rondebosch police station to demand the release of students arrested this morning.
Ashleigh Furlong
News | 20 October 2015
Philippi livestock farmer can’t find land
A Philippi family is desperately looking for somewhere to keep their goats and sheep after being told they can no longer keep them in the area they have farmed for ten years.
Siyavuya Khaya
News | 20 October 2015
Mines not liable for TB, silicosis hearing told
Mines cannot be held liable for TB, advocates for the gold mines told the South Gauteng High Court yesterday.
Pete Lewis
News | 20 October 2015
Masiphumelele residents march for peace
Over 500 residents marched and sang through the streets of Masiphumelele on Sunday in a march for peace organised by the Masiphumelele Youth Development Forum (MYDF). The march comes after weeks of violence, including murders and rapes, incidents of mob justice, a march for more policing that turned violent, and after residents held a prayer service on Thursday for a better community.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 20 October 2015
Students shut down UCT
UCT students uniting under the banner of #feesmustfall and #UCTshutdown protested today against the 10.3% fee increase for 2016. The students demanded an emergency meeting with the university council and a meeting between all vice-chancellors in the country, the Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene and the Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande, to discuss university fees.
Ashleigh Furlong
News | 19 October 2015
No birth certificate, no education: how Home Affairs has failed a Cape Town family
When other kids their age are at school learning, Thandeka Plaatjies, aged 10, helps her mother with chores and plays with her siblings – Thandiswa, age nine, and Luthando, age seven – outside their home in Westlake township.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 19 October 2015
Social grants: state decides not to award tender
In 2012 South Africa’s social grant and pension payment system changed in two important ways: Firstly, administration and payment was outsourced by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) to a single private company called Cash Paymaster Services (CPS); secondly, and as a result, all social grants began to be paid directly into specifically-created bank accounts for every beneficiary.
Ben Stanwix
News | 16 October 2015
Silicosis: mining companies hit back in court
Allowing the miners in the landmark silicosis case to act as a class on behalf of other miners would be contrary to the interests of justice, lawyers for the gold mining companies argued yesterday.
Lwandile Fikeni
News | 16 October 2015
Black Sash steps up ‘Hands off our grants’ campaign
On Thursday, over 1,000 people attended a silent protest held by the Black Sash at St George's Cathedral, Cape Town. A similar protest was held at Mopanye Mall, Soweto, in which 120 people attended. There was also a picket, held with the Right2Know, on Tuesday outside the Mitchells Plain Sassa Office. The protests are part of the Black Sash and partners’ 'Hands off our grants' (HOOG) campaign.
Pasqua Heard
News | 15 October 2015