Brief

UWC SRC President arrested on new charges immediately after being acquitted

Asanda Bleki will remain in jail until 7 September bail hearing

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Brief | 31 July 2017

Parents and learners shut down East London high school

They demand that the Department of Education provide transport for learners who walk over 8km

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Brief | 31 July 2017

30 shacks burnt down in Philippi fire

Residents have begun rebuilding their homes with City fire kits

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Brief | 31 July 2017

Zimbabweans protest for right to vote

Demonstrators outside the Zimbabwean consulate in Cape Town demanded their democratic rights

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Brief | 28 July 2017

Thousands march against Israeli “security” measures at al-Aqsa Mosque

“It is undignified and we will not allow that”

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Brief | 26 July 2017

PE municipality cleans rubbish dump

City acts swiftly after GroundUp report

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Brief | 26 July 2017

Fire in Masiphumelele leaves 15 families homeless

Some of the affected residents were also victims of the 2015 blaze

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Brief | 25 July 2017

Rural Eastern Cape village left without clinic for months

Provincial government has no explanation why

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Brief | 25 July 2017

Armed attack on occupiers of Helen Bowden Nurses Home

Activists believe it was politically motivated

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Brief | 24 July 2017

Kensington residents demand more police

Protest comes following spike in reported contact crimes

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Brief | 24 July 2017

Houses damaged in N2 Gateway dispute

Residents and housing project steering committee members question beneficiary lists

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Brief | 24 July 2017

Motherwell residents watch garbage pile up for six months

Residents claim dumping site last cleared in December

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Brief | 21 July 2017

Municipality fails to explain why taps have run dry

Mooiplaas residents forced to fetch water from a river and neighbouring settlements

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Brief | 21 July 2017

Activists present stats on unequal policing

Areas with highest murder rates have fewer police resources, says SJC

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Brief | 20 July 2017

Brakpan gogo fires warning gunshots and blows whistle on electricity thieves

“I am tired of paying large sums of money for electricity”

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Brief | 20 July 2017

89 people murdered and not one arrest at Glebelands hostel

If you want to hire hitmen, go to Glebelands, hears Moerane Commission into political killings

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Brief | 18 July 2017