People with disabilities demand better jobs

“We only get hired to answer phones”

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Brief | 9 March 2017

“Home Affairs said I was a foreigner because of my vaccination marks”

PE woman claims she was turned away; Home Affairs denies this

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News | 8 March 2017

400 workers on strike at Kouga Municipality

Municipal workers want Public Works Programme contracts extended; mayor says jobs must be rotated

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News | 8 March 2017

Children at daycare centre live with leaking sewer

Port Alfred residents say problem reported to municipality five months ago

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Brief | 7 March 2017

Disabled 72-year-old trapped alone in her shack all day

Former domestic worker Beauty Qamata lost her legs to diabetes

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News | 6 March 2017

Sign declaration or face eviction, says college management

After two weeks of protests, Buffalo City TVET issues ultimatum

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Brief | 3 March 2017

Fed-up with waiting, residents of informal settlement sort out their own water supply

Santini community in Butterworth remain without electricity or sanitation

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Brief | 3 March 2017

No sign of promised R30 million Eastern Cape science centre

Cofimvaba schools were promised centre would open in March 2017

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News | 2 March 2017

Land reform favours businesses, not the poor, say researchers

Eastern Cape study suggests system provides “little or no tenure security” for intended beneficiaries

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News | 1 March 2017

Grandma under siege by garbage

80-year-old endures ten years of unbearable smells, flies and rubbish

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News | 27 February 2017

Residents have to stay in shacks after state fails to pay contractors

Standoff between Housing Development Agency, Department of Human Settlements and contractors leaves Chatty residents with unfinished homes

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News | 24 February 2017

Spar protester appears in court

Community turns out in numbers to offer support

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Brief | 23 February 2017

Women get up at midnight to fetch water

In thirsty Thulamela, villagers have to race each other to get enough water

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News | 22 February 2017

Police fire rubber bullets at Spar protesters

Residents say retailer has fenced off pathway to taxi rank

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Brief | 20 February 2017

Qunu residents desperate to relocate

Informal settlement has no services and a road will soon be built through it

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News | 17 February 2017

Mdantsane schools face closure, leaving learners stranded

Parents say they can’t afford transport to new schools

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News | 16 February 2017