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Trial will shed light on Wild Coast violence
Community is split, even within families, on whether mining should be allowed to take place
By Fred Kockott
News | 22 January 2021
Massive CCMA budget cut will hurt workers, say unions
Far fewer commissioners to listen to cases will mean reduced turnaround time
By Liezl Human
News | 22 January 2021
Disability grants: SASSA promises to clear Western Cape backlog by end of March
Extra doctors have been brought in, SASSA executive tells Western Cape legislature
News | 21 January 2021
SASSA’s Uitenhage office only serves 50 people a day. This is what it looked like at 1:30pm
News | 21 January 2021
Makhanda occupiers say they can no longer afford to pay rent
Municipality is concerned with informal settlements mushrooming in the city
News | 21 January 2021
UK accused of poaching health workers from poorer countries
It’s “insensitive” and “morally questionable”, write two doctors in the South African Medical Journal
News | 21 January 2021
Shack dwellers disrupt water and electricity project in Uitenhage
The two projects are meant to benefit elderly, disabled and blind residents whose 500 informal structures are being built in the area
News | 20 January 2021
Covid-19 grant beneficiaries pay up to R150 for a place in post office queue
“South Africa is like that, if you don’t have money you can’t have access to things”
News | 20 January 2021
Labour department acts against Queenstown factory where worker’s hand was severed
Eugene Jali lost his hand in a maize mixing machine
News | 20 January 2021