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Eastern Cape taxi bosses vow to stop looters

Gqeberha residents mobilise to protect shopping mall

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News | 13 July 2021

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KZN unrest: Old age homes running out of food

Facilities for the elderly in Durban are battling with staff shortages and are not getting food deliveries as looting continues

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News | 13 July 2021

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Refugees frustrated by Home Affairs online renewal system

Officials accused of exploiting asylum seekers’ desperation at the Pretoria refugee centre

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News | 13 July 2021

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Shack dwellers under Potsdam Bridge play cat and mouse with City

Municipality puts in rocks, families remove them

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Brief | 13 July 2021

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Alexandra was already “a ticking time-bomb” says SAHRC report

As protest returns to Alexandra, activists say nothing has changed after 2019 protests

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News | 13 July 2021

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“I don’t know what I did to deserve this” says looted shop owner

Sporadic looting and protests continue in Alexandra, Johannesburg

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News | 12 July 2021

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Health services in KZN struggle to function amidst looting and violent unrest

Ambulances grounded, hospitals on skeleton staff, vaccination programme halted and clinics close in eThekwini

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News | 12 July 2021

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Dozens of Kariega spaza shops closed after incidents of deadly violence and looting

At least four people have been killed in separate incidents at different spaza shops in KwaNobuhle since Friday

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News | 12 July 2021

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New Land Court Bill seeks to address slow processing of land claims

The bill would establish two new courts: a Land Court and Land Court of Appeal

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Law | 12 July 2021

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A woman with HIV took over 200 days to clear her Covid infection. Here’s why researchers are worried

A case study suggests that people with HIV should be prioritised for Covid vaccination

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Covid-19 Report | 10 July 2021

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Rubbish collection stopped by garbage collectors demanding permanent jobs in Kariega

The workers say they were employed as casuals from 2018 until June 2021

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Brief | 9 July 2021

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Fire kills one man and destroys 200 shacks in Cato Manor

Residents say this is the third devastating fire in eight months at Marikana informal settlement

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Brief | 9 July 2021

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Over 4 million vaccines administered, as rollout goes full steam ahead

Evidence accumulates that Covid-19 vaccines are saving lives across the planet

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Brief | 9 July 2021

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As many as 750,000 children have dropped out of school during the pandemic

School attendance is at the lowest level it has been in 20 years

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News | 9 July 2021

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Workers dismissed for refusing polygraph test head to Labour Court

The workers will argue that polygraph tests are unscientific and will ask for their dismissals to be rescinded

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News | 9 July 2021

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Eastern Cape fishers celebrate chance to once again catch squid

Small-scale fisheries have been given a 15% squid quota

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News | 9 July 2021

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