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Six children and two adults die in Cape Town shack fires
Three fires in West Bank, Nyanga and Philippi also left scores of people homeless
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Siphokazi Mnyobe
News | 4 July 2022
Learners march against proposal to end deadlines to fix schools
Poor and working-class communities will never know when their schools will be fixed, say education activists
News | 30 June 2022
Loadshedding causes more hardship for grant recipients
Khayelitsha residents protested on Thursday, demanding SASSA open more service sites
News | 30 June 2022
“Our living conditions are disgusting and dehumanising”
Sewage overflowing into homes in Gqeberha township
News | 29 June 2022
Over 500 Eastern Cape health workers down tools
Nurses want rural allowance. Patients at six hospitals and clinics in the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality wait for hours.
News | 28 June 2022
Exploitation of refugee security guards is rife, says legal organisation
Security companies often ignore Labour Court orders
News | 28 June 2022
SIU freezes mansion of former lottery chair
Under Alfred Nevhutanda’s tenure as chairperson of the Lottery board there was grand-scale corruption
News | 27 June 2022
Broken toilets are a big problem across Cape Town’s townships
In a Khayelitsha neighbourhood, it’s so bad that instead of using the City-supplied toilets, people are defecating in buckets and throwing the waste in a field
News | 27 June 2022
Yeoville Market fire was a xenophobic attack, say activists and stall owners
Many immigrant entrepreneurs lost their livelihoods in the fire
News | 24 June 2022