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Mayor’s response to electricity rates protest fails to satisfy Swellendam residents
Swellendam mayor met residents on Tuesday, but issues remain unresolved
News | 8 September 2023
Makhanda without a post office since July
People from the town and surrounding areas are having to travel to Port Alfred
News | 8 September 2023
Half a cabbage is a meal for seven people as hunger grips the Eastern Cape
Gift of the Givers says it’s inundated with calls for help
By Sonia A. Rao
News | 7 September 2023
300 occupants share one tap and one toilet in Joburg “dark building”
The building’s residents say they need help not eviction
Text by Chris Gilili. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 7 September 2023
Parliament grills NSFAS over student funding failures
The scheme has had more than 170,000 appeals from students about allowance payments
News | 7 September 2023
“System glitch” stalls social grant payments to pensioners
Postbank says problem has mostly been resolved
By Qaqamba Falithenjwa and Ella Morrison
News | 6 September 2023
Prisoners are being held for years in solitary confinement
“Under democracy, hundreds and even thousands of inmates have been subjected to these practices” says Judicial Inspectorate report
By Sonia A. Rao
News | 6 September 2023
Mfuleni pensioners say they’ve been overlooked for housing
The City of Cape Town says it has followed a fair and independent process and consulted a community committee
News | 6 September 2023
R350 grant: SASSA in court over “unfair” exclusions
Agency accused of turning down too many applicants
By Liezl Human
News | 5 September 2023