Brief

Hundreds of waste pickers march in Joburg demanding compensation

They also oppose the City’s plans to burn waste in incinerators, saying it threatens the livelihoods of thousands of waste collectors

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Brief | 7 August 2024

Limpopo villagers have waited ten years for sewage problem to be fixed

A day after we sent questions to Vhembe Municipality, workers were tackling the sewerage lines

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Brief | 7 August 2024

QwaQwa 12-year-old wins international dance championship

Thato Mkwanazi from Phuthaditjhaba nabs the World Dance Masters line dance title in England

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Brief | 6 August 2024

Cape Town lawyer accused of race attack must answer to charges, says magistrate

Gary Trappler fails in bid to have malicious damage to property case struck off the roll

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Brief | 5 August 2024

Power restored to Diepsloot welfare organisations at last

Lawyers against Abuse director says they are now able to provide counselling sessions without the constant noise of the generator

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Brief | 5 August 2024

Hundreds march in Khayelitsha to demand that Eskom re-open its service centre

Protesters say they were not consulted

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Brief | 1 August 2024

Nurses stop work after finding human waste at clinic door

Mabandla Clinic in Kariega still has no fence or wall

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Brief | 30 July 2024

New shelter for hundreds of homeless people opens in Green Point

This is one of five Safe Spaces run by the City of Cape Town

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Brief | 29 July 2024

Makhado Municipality finally complies with court order to appoint top official

Unions welcome appointment of Godfrey Raliphada to Chief Financial Officer

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Brief | 26 July 2024

Police torture case: delay over CCTV footage

Three officers are accused of assaulting Juma Igiranieza, a barber, at his workplace, in Mowbray on 7 November 2023

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Brief | 25 July 2024

Rubbish piles up in Durban streets as cleaners picket outside city hall

Expanded Public Works Programme workers lose jobs as budget is cut

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Brief | 25 July 2024

Thabo Bester to launch new bid to postpone trial

Case postponed to 31 July

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Brief | 24 July 2024

Protesters block N12, demand toilets, water

“Children as young as seven years old fight for water with old people”

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Brief | 23 July 2024

Public Works workers picket in Durban, demanding to be insourced

They say they have been on up to six-month contracts, which were renewed repeatedly for ten years

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Brief | 23 July 2024

Government contractor misses yet another deadline on R123-million Gauteng school

Construction of the project started in 2022 to accommodate the school’s 1,200 learners

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Brief | 23 July 2024

Hundreds of Public Works workers march against termination of contracts

After ten years of having their monthly contracts continuously extended, they will no longer be renewed at month end

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Brief | 19 July 2024