Brief

Thieves steal primary school children’s education

Nyanga’s Liwa school has computers, but they can’t be used because they have to be locked away

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Brief | 24 October 2017

False alarm sets off protest at Cape Town’s biggest social housing complex

WhatsApp message claimed, wrongly, that 600 families were to be evicted on Monday

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Brief | 23 October 2017

More civil society voices call for action by PRASA

“The biggest problem is corruption”

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Brief | 20 October 2017

Hanover Park parents threaten to shut down 10 schools

School Governing Body Forum says education department ignored its pleas about safety

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Brief | 20 October 2017

Gugulethu learners march for safety

First in a series of protests planned by Equal Education that will culminate in a march to Parliament on 27 October

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Brief | 20 October 2017

SASSA offers Post Office payment of social grants

A deal could help revive South Africa’s postal service

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Brief | 19 October 2017

PE sewage spill drained

Municipality suspects “sabotage”

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Brief | 16 October 2017

Imbizo backfires on Buffalo City Mayor

Xola Pakati failed to respond to people’s grievances

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Brief | 13 October 2017

Philip Kgosana honoured in Cape Town

De Waal Drive renamed after struggle veteran

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Brief | 13 October 2017

New school for Khayelitsha

Zwelitsha families to be moved to make way for school

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Brief | 12 October 2017

Albert Road evictions postponed for settlement

Court date set for November

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Brief | 11 October 2017

Cape Town’s Marikana community mourns victims of massacre

Names of the dead released

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Brief | 11 October 2017

No toilets in Barcelona after 25 years

“We sleep with shit inside our shacks at night”

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Brief | 11 October 2017

City of Cape Town intends to take over commuter trains

Metrorail service “on the brink of collapse”

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Brief | 10 October 2017

PE houses stand in “dams of human faeces”

Municipality blames blockages on “foreign objects”

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Brief | 10 October 2017

Everything’s just fine, say Railway Police in response to damning PRASA letter

Cop spokesperson says they are not aware of any dissatisfaction

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Brief | 10 October 2017