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Domestic worker’s decade long struggle to make her RDP house liveable
Six months after moving in, Nokwayintombi Pateni’s home has still not been electrified
By Vincent Lali
News | 1 July 2021
Mixed reactions to Gauteng government’s ambulance takeover
City of Johannesburg’s service suspended during current Covid-19 surge
News | 1 July 2021
Villagers make difficult 70km journey to get vaccinated
Eastern Cape health department says many new sites will open soon
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Daniel Steyn
News | 1 July 2021
Gun lobby says proposed amendments to the Firearms Control Bill won’t reduce violent crime
The police ministry has received over 100,000 submissions on the bill. Comment period extended to 2 August
News | 1 July 2021
Eastern Cape parents build their own school
Baleni Senior Secondary School near Xolobeni is raising funds to build classrooms and other facilities
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Daniel Steyn
News | 30 June 2021
Elections 2021: Witzenberg a ‘model municipality’ tarnished by poor waste management and unemployment
Budget choices in Ceres favouring the administrative centre over neighbouring towns littered with potholes and sewage
Text and Photos by Steve Kretzmann
News | 30 June 2021
Waiter loses job a second time because of the pandemic
Restaurant staff left without any income as SA goes back to Level 4
News | 29 June 2021
Circumcision schools say new lockdown does not apply to them
Traditional school leaders say they were not consulted and they will only stop if the president explicitly says they must
News | 28 June 2021
Children’s Institute urges Parliament to increase Child Support Grant by R10
“It is untenable that the poorest and most vulnerable children should have to foot the bill for budget reallocations” says Katharine Hall
By Liezl Human
News | 28 June 2021