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Youngsters eke out a living carrying water for residents
Too hungry to stay in school, brothers dropped out in grade six
News | 4 July 2022
Are South Africa’s pesticide rules outdated?
Farm workers and consumers should be worried, says public health expert. But industry body says food security depends on the pesticides in use.
By Liezl Human
News | 4 July 2022
12 years after a court ordered it, government plans to build a special needs school
Eastern Cape education department’s plan commits to building permanent school by 2027
News | 4 July 2022
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