Brief
Pietermaritzburg schools shut down by protesters demanding water
“They must give water to the community before the schools”
Brief | 9 June 2020
Psychiatric hospital seeks interdict against SANCO and NEHAWU
Urgent application brought by Life Esidimeni Care Centre in Kirkwood after incident on Tuesday
Brief | 5 June 2020
Covid-19: Mother fears for disabled daughter’s life
Woman with debilitating co-morbidities lives with five people in a shack that has no toilet
Brief | 5 June 2020
Covid-19: Workers at Kromberg & Schubert down tools
Employees demand factory cleaned and colleagues tested after worker tests positive for Covid-19
Brief | 4 June 2020
Truckers wait days to cross border into Zimbabwe
“Before lockdown it used to be almost two hours before I crossed into Zimbabwe”
Brief | 4 June 2020
KwaMashu paramedics refuse to work until they’re tested for Covid-19
They have been told only symptomatic people would be tested, despite asymptomatic colleague testing positive
Brief | 3 June 2020
Homeless protesters disrupt Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court
If the City of Cape Town can demolish shacks during the lockdown, what is stopping us from evicting tenants? asks backyarder’s landlord
Brief | 3 June 2020
Gauteng government drops “peanut butter ban”
“Many of us were literally in tears as the recipients received their first decent food in almost three weeks”
Brief | 2 June 2020
Six die from methanol poisoning in Cape Town
Four more in a critical condition
By James Stent
Brief | 2 June 2020