Brief

“The clothes we are wearing is all we have left,” says flood victim

About 60 people in Diepsloot are homeless following flash flooding on Tuesday night

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Brief | 16 February 2023

Hundreds stranded in Eastern Cape village after bridge collapses during torrential rains

Many people cannot go to work and learners will be at home until the bridge is repaired

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Brief | 15 February 2023

A day in the life of a Cape Town waste collector

Avuyile Masekwane’s job is difficult but she will be sorry when her contract ends

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Brief | 14 February 2023

Many Komani shack dwellers dare not move to safety despite floods

The low-lying informal settlement of Silvertown has been under water since Wednesday

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Brief | 10 February 2023

Community blames loadshedding for fire that left 300 people homeless

City says no evidence points to loadshedding as a cause for the blaze but cautions residents to switch off appliances during these times.

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Brief | 10 February 2023

Rats, cockroaches, rubbish: life in an abandoned apartheid hostel

The 34-roomed dome building has been abandoned for about 20 years and no one has taken responsibility for fixing it

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Brief | 9 February 2023

“Total madness”: Fishers protest against ocean drilling

TotalEnergies plans to drill for oil and gas between Mossel Bay and Cape St Francis

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Brief | 9 February 2023

Buckets to catch water in Free State hospital’s leaking wards

Nurses downed tools last week over poor conditions at Boitumelo Regional Hospital in Kroonstad

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Brief | 9 February 2023

University asks NSFAS to scrap cap on accommodation allowance

Pretoria students say they will struggle to find lodgings

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Brief | 8 February 2023

No lights, no photocopier, broken toilets: the SASSA office in Mokopane is a mess

Agency moved into “temporary” offices more than a year ago

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Brief | 8 February 2023

Distell workers down tools and picket

Workers want minority union Solidarity to be recognised by employer

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Brief | 7 February 2023

Outsourced guards accuse Ekurhuleni municipality of failing to pay them

Protesting security employees say non-payments have become a problem since the coalition government took over, but mayor’s office says payments to security companies are up-to-date

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Brief | 6 February 2023

Mamelodi school under investigation for policy excluding pregnant learners

Gauteng Department of Education has announced a probe into Stanza Bopape Secondary School

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Brief | 6 February 2023

Hundreds march to demand Ramaphosa address Basic Income Grant at SONA

Civil society organisations want R350 SRD grant increased to R1,447

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Brief | 2 February 2023

Limpopo villagers demand primary school for 400 learners

Community identified land to build a school four years ago in Tshikhudini

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Brief | 1 February 2023

Give us electricity or move us, says Mamelodi community

Most residents at Phomolong informal settlement rely on illegal connections

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Brief | 30 January 2023