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“We cannot risk our lives by drinking dirty water”

Ward councillor blames poor quality water in Port St Johns village on theft and vandalism

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Brief | 23 September 2020

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Limpopo grandmother walks 2km to beg for water

Molemole local municipality has promised to send a water tank to the village on Wednesday

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Brief | 22 September 2020

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Province and City to appeal Tafelberg judgment

Cape Town housing activists decry government decision

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News | 22 September 2020

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Municipal tribunal gives go-ahead to mega-development at Two Rivers Urban Park

Developer says Amazon will be anchor tenant

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News | 22 September 2020

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Hundreds riot in Knysna after two shacks demolished

Shops looted as protest spills onto the N2 stopping traffic for hours

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News | 22 September 2020

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Community blocks project to house elderly

They are demanding that the municipality first build them toilets

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Brief | 22 September 2020

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Groundbreaking court judgment on mining and community rights

Court rules that Xolobeni community should have received mining application before the right was granted

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Law | 22 September 2020

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Stop making patients wait outside, TAC tells clinics

Patient describes how they fear nurses

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News | 21 September 2020

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Woman who sold municipal water told to leave her shack

Property owner outraged that his tenant took advantage of water shortages in Port Elizabeth

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Brief | 21 September 2020

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Picketers demand jail time for looters of Covid-19 funds

Campaign highlights the devastating impact of corruption on lives

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Brief | 21 September 2020

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Concern over huge number of expiring refugee documents

Under Covid-19 lockdown validity was extended but asylum seekers have struggled

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News | 21 September 2020

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PE’s Day Zero: a result of poor planning and a failure to fix leaks

Huge repairs backlog as crisis deepens

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Feature | 21 September 2020

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Anger erupts over PE water shortages

“We will not tolerate this forever because water is a basic need”

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News | 18 September 2020

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“It’s so painful when you see old people drinking dirty, smelly water with animals”

27 communities “crippled by the lack of water access during the Covid-19 pandemic”

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News | 18 September 2020

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Unemployed youths threaten to shut shopping mall

Local young men and women are demanding jobs at a Port Elizabeth shopping centre

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Brief | 18 September 2020

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“They stabbed and stoned my horses” says Fairview stable owner

Dippin Blu Horse Racing considers legal action against its former workers after protest

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News | 18 September 2020

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