Articles for Barbara October
Software glitch causes social grant panic
Some beneficiaries were not paid, but the problem was resolved by Tuesday afternoon
Brief | 2 April 2019
Family of 10 left homeless after farm eviction
Ethical trade association to review Windmeul Kelder wine farm
By Barbara Maregele and Velani Ludidi
News | 29 March 2019
“I’m doing it for all the blood of innocent people shed on the streets of the Cape Flats”
“Government keeps on saying that communities don’t want to speak up, but look what happens when you do”
Feature | 26 March 2019
Farm dwellers dump rubbish at gate to wine farm
Simondium residents picket over uncollected refuse, clean water and threat of eviction
Brief | 13 March 2019
Unions must be included in steering committee to fix PRASA
Transport union argues for train safety as ticket controller stabbed by a commuter
Brief | 8 March 2019
Western Cape government wins school closure case
Uitzig school governing board vows to fight court ruling
News | 7 March 2019
PRASA appoints sixth CEO in three years
Union heads to Nedlac over woes at rail agency
News | 6 March 2019
Social grant paypoints should not be an election issue, MPs warned
Politicians told not to try to keep costly paypoints open
News | 5 March 2019
20,000 people at risk of eviction on Drakenstein farms
“We aren’t going anywhere!” says resident
Feature | 1 March 2019