50 shacks demolished in Durban without any warning say land occupiers
“Where do they expect us to go?”
News | 15 October 2021
Police use stun grenades to break up Cape Town housing protest
This followed a raid of the Woodstock Hospital occupation earlier on Friday
News | 15 October 2021
Steel federation says 6% wage increase offer is final
CEO says sector has lost over 50,000 jobs this year alone
Brief | 15 October 2021
Social grant beneficiaries return home empty-handed
Long queues, paid placeholders, offline systems and load-shedding leave social grant beneficiaries empty-handed
News | 15 October 2021
Education department promises to fix “falling apart” school, but parents are sceptical
Community has little confidence left in the Limpopo education department which has to provide decent sanitation to nearly 1,500 schools
Brief | 15 October 2021
If you’ve had Covid, should you get vaccinated?
Yes, the evidence shows vaccination reduces your risk of getting reinfected
Science | 15 October 2021
Bus transformed into mobile classroom for learners in Langa
The 42-seater Atlas Digibus has laptops, two teaching stations, and Wi-Fi for online teaching programmes like coding
Brief | 15 October 2021
Stinking, broken, overflowing: these are the pit toilets Eastern Cape learners are expected to use at school
1,500 schools in the province still have pit toilets and some schools can’t afford to get them emptied
News | 15 October 2021
Cele promises action after Gqeberha violence
Minister says police will be on high alert
News | 14 October 2021