Community shuts down dilapidated Pietermaritzburg school
Education department to investigate complaints
News | 18 March 2021
Parents shut down school, take circuit manager hostage
“We buy chalk ourselves” says teacher
Brief | 12 March 2021
Schools shut down in protest over lack of water
Protesters prevent learners from attending classes until tap water is restored
Brief | 15 February 2021
Protest over stalled road project in Pietermaritzburg
“You can’t tell me that fixing one kilometre can take years”
Brief | 11 February 2021
How a group of widows found a way to earn a living
But they could use some help to protect their tools from being stolen
Brief | 8 February 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
Edendale hospital loses nine staff to Covid-19 in one week, says NEHAWU
“You ask yourself who is next and it is scary”
News | 19 January 2021
Scores of beneficiaries in Pietermaritzburg rush to renew lapsed disability grants
Cancer patient turned away after sleeping outside SASSA office to renew grant
News | 12 January 2021
Police use rubber bullets to disperse housing protesters
“Every time there is an election the governing party politicians go in there promising them housing and basic services but nothing is ever done”
News | 27 November 2020