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Grahamstown court hears application for municipality to be placed under administration

City argues that court doesn’t have jurisdiction to do that

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Brief | 13 September 2019

Cape Town Master’s Office in disarray

“There are fifteen offices nationwide. If three of them are functioning normally at any given time, that’s a miracle”

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News | 11 September 2019

Ekhurhuleni municipal workers demand R810 million in back pay

March in Benoni in support of 4,500 workers

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Brief | 4 September 2019

Addo canal claims more lives

Five-year-old boys drown, bringing the number of deaths this year to seven

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News | 3 September 2019

Traditional leaders want land for initiation schools

Informal settlements in Nelson Mandela Bay are crowding out schools, they say

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News | 2 September 2019

Fed up Eastern Cape villagers told to move shacks, promised new homes

“We watched them build proper shelters for those who came after us” says villager

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News | 28 August 2019

Limpopo villagers demand compensation before relocation for road

New tar road will cut through three homesteads in Thohoyandou

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Brief | 23 August 2019

Small business owners shut down civil engineering project in Uitenhage

The group is demanding 30% of the value of an erosion control contract

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Brief | 23 August 2019

DTI washes its hands of lottery scandal

Minister Ebrahim Patel is legally obliged to hold the National Lotteries Commission accountable

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News | 15 August 2019

Land occupiers say they paid R150,000 for plots, but where is the money?

Hundreds of people from Endlovini informal settlement in Port Elizabeth demand answers from ward committee

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Brief | 8 August 2019

Artists accuse by-law of stifling cultural life in Cape Town

“Only those with significant financial resources are able to comply fairly easily with the bylaw process”

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News | 31 July 2019

After 25 years of waiting for government, Ncwadi erupts in protests

“Now that we are doing what other communities are doing, police shoot at us. Protesting is the last option but we had no choice.”

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News | 30 July 2019

Residents of apartheid-era shack town still have no electricity or toilets

“Government has chosen to forget us”

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News | 26 July 2019

Gauteng wants blanket court interdict on land occupations

Human Settlements MEC briefs South African Human Rights Commission after protests in Alexandra

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Brief | 23 July 2019

PE councillor’s house burnt and vehicle sabotaged

Twelve people arrested for public violence and intimidation

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Brief | 15 July 2019

Shelter supports City’s approach to homeless people

“Exemptions from the bylaw for homeless people will increase impunity and lead to worse social conditions on the street” says CEO of Haven Night Shelter

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News | 15 July 2019