Brief

Losing the war on waste in filthy Port Elizabeth suburb

Councillor says awareness campaign not happening in his ward where the place is strewn with rubbish

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Brief | 23 March 2018

Waste picker killed by trash compactor

Nswaki Mahlakwane’s body remained uncollected for more than 12 hours

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Brief | 22 March 2018

Community successfully crowd funds R70k for toilets

A miracle that happened so quickly, says resident in Mzondi informal settlement

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Brief | 21 March 2018

Metrorail’s Fish Hoek to Simon’s Town bus service not running

Spokesperson would not comment on why the substitute service stopped

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Brief | 21 March 2018

Sixty-one-year-old man shot dead in protest

Eastern Cape residents want proper roads to their villages

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Brief | 20 March 2018

Mfuleni’s evicted land occupiers squat in makeshift communal shacks

“The shack becomes jam-packed in the evening”

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Brief | 19 March 2018

Informal gold miners raise money to bury their friend

More Ngondi was killed by mine security

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Brief | 15 March 2018

Scores left homeless after demolitions in Makhaza

Spate of land occupations in Cape Town continues

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Brief | 14 March 2018

Residents want sewerage system because pit toilets are full

Ward councillor says there will be sewers by 2019 latest

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Brief | 14 March 2018

New land occupation in Kraaifontein

93 families say they wish to establish a crime free informal settlement for themselves

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Brief | 13 March 2018

Hundreds lose their homes in Cape Town fire

Doornbach informal settlement hit by early morning blaze

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Brief | 13 March 2018

Eight years and counting for Home Affairs to fix clerical error

Wrong gender recorded on twin’s birth certificate

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Brief | 13 March 2018

School pleaded for bridge over N2 — now a child has been knocked over

SANRAL and provincial government place responsibility on each other

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Brief | 12 March 2018

Public pools unused while children drown in canal

Residents of Kirkwood want public swimming areas opened

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Brief | 12 March 2018

City removes 182 shacks in Khayelitsha

Some residents squeezed new structures among existing homes in Msindweni informal settlement

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Brief | 12 March 2018

Community rebuilds Motherwell creche after fire

Sinethembe pre-school has opened in a new building after it was razed to the ground

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Brief | 8 March 2018