The SANDF was deployed to assist SAPS with crime operations on the Cape Flats in July 2019. Archive Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Hanover Park resident: “There comes the army, there goes the army”

Nearly nine months after the army was deployed to the Cape Flats, what has changed?

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News | 13 March 2020

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Pensioner helps himself and his neighbourhood by recycling from illegal dumps

“The illegal dumping sites are a nuisance to our health and to the environment,” says PE resident Ntsokolo Konzapi

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Brief | 13 March 2020

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Our farm had to evict people: It was lawful and justified

Francina Petersen was dismissed for chronic absenteeism and offered alternative accommodation

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Right to reply | 12 March 2020

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Covid-19: Washing hands is not easy when you have no running water

“It’s easy to keep your hands clean when you stay in a house because you have a tap inside, but it’s difficult when you have to walk long, tiring distances to fetch water”

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News | 12 March 2020

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“People are dying and getting injured everyday on this road,” says Cornubia resident

EThekwini Municipality says it is considering erecting a temporary steel pedestrian bridge on the R102

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Brief | 12 March 2020

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Gamtoos Irrigation Board office shut down by angry contractors

Workers want the municipality to take over the project

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News | 11 March 2020

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Former PE municipal workers demand jobs

Unions want immediate implementation of 2018 resolution to make workers permanent

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Brief | 11 March 2020

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Lusikisiki drowning in rubbish and sewage

“I’ve got used to the smell of sewage but my customers have not,” says food stall owner

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News | 11 March 2020

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Police are aggravating the trauma of victims of crime, Ombudsman told

Western Cape Police Ombudsman asks public to come forward with complaints

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News | 11 March 2020

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Parents lock principal out of school

Willowfontein Intermediate school is in a dire state and issues are not being addressed, say community members

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Brief | 11 March 2020

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IPID suspensions aim to thwart police corruption investigations, say former officials

IPID’s new head has suspended a number of officials, including national head of investigations Matthews Sesoko

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News | 11 March 2020

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R4 million plan to clear dumpsites after death of children

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor also promises play parks

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News | 11 March 2020

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Family of murdered Delft teenager left in limbo

Three months after Jayden Petersen’s death, police have told his grandparents nothing

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News | 11 March 2020

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Eastern Cape learners walk more than 30km to a school without teachers for them

No scholar transport, no maths or English teacher

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News | 11 March 2020

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Department of Labour ready to pay domestic workers’ compensation claims, court told

Constitutional Court hears argument on Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act

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News | 10 March 2020

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PRASA official ‘declines’ to go on air with #UniteBehind

Demand that #UniteBehind not be allowed to participate on the same programme is a direct form of censorship, says organisation

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News | 10 March 2020

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