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Commuters have deserted Metrorail

Another year at best before Cape Town Central line resumes service to Khayelitsha

Hundreds making use of SASSA’s new online booking portal for disability grants

But activists remain sceptical on whether it will alleviate the overburdened process for all vulnerable beneficiaries

Covid-19 vaccinations: homeless people at risk of being left out

At present the system requires an ID to register

Immigrant shop owners plead to be allowed to continue trading in Diepkloof

“All we want is to operate our shops and look after our families”

Families left homeless in Tsakane after 60 shacks demolished

Occupiers say they were tired of their pleas for housing “falling on deaf ears”

Dispute between shareholders and board leaves commuters without bus service

Protesters block access to depot

Domestic workers celebrate workplace gains

“There are still a number of our rights that are not recognised. We still have to fight”

Men should spend on average 50 minutes more a day on household duties, report finds

Only then would men do 50% of the unpaid care work

“Walk of Resistance” against Amazon site

A petition signed by 50,000 people opposing the R4.5bn mega-development has been handed over to Mayor Dan Plato

SAHRC commissioner finds sewage gushing from drains in Cape Town housing project

Residents of Victoria Mxenge demand a permanent solution to sewerage problems

Cape Town trauma centre overwhelmed by case load

At times “the queues look like a SASSA line”

Police and shack dwellers clash over illegal connections in Gqeberha

Govan Mbeki Village residents want their izinyoka left alone

No money for electrification, municipal official tells shack dwellers

Residents from five informal settlements in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality are demanding electricity and other services

What is the state of South Africa’s health system? Four easy pieces

What’s gone wrong with government’s tender website?

Treasury’s tender portal has been down since March

Dr Tumi, the Lottery and the alleged fraud of R1.5 million

The modus operandi appears similar to other dodgy Lottery-funded projects