Articles for Zoë Postman

South African youth take to the streets over climate change

Hundreds protest in Johannesburg and Cape Town

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News | 14 June 2019

EFF defends call for land occupations

Party called to testify at Alexandra inquiry

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News | 7 June 2019

City has neglected sanitation in Alexandra, official testifies

Gauteng government gave municipality money between 2009 and 2011 to fix sewer “but if you go there now it’s as if nothing was ever done”

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News | 6 June 2019

Alexandra police force is far too small, inquiry hears

UN recommends one officer for every 288 people, but Alexandra has one officer for every 730 people

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News | 5 June 2019

Commission told about “lawlessness” in Alexandra

City of Johannesburg battles to enforce bylaws, says COGTA head

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News | 4 June 2019

How expropriation without compensation works in Alexandra

A xenophobic mob is kicking people out of their homes

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Feature | 30 May 2019

Farm workers march to Constitutional Court over land and working conditions

“We want to have our own piece of land so that we can do something for ourselves like growing gardens or sheep farming”

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News | 24 May 2019

Home Affairs asks UN for help with refugee backlog

Department has to process 150,000 appeals

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News | 16 May 2019

Informal settlements to be “made liveable”, Alexandra inquiry hears

Gauteng to provide services to land occupiers rather than evicting them

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News | 15 May 2019

City of Johannesburg can’t cope with Alexandra land occupations, inquiry told

“We do demolish but it is impossible to go there every day” says manager

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News | 14 May 2019

“We are tired of being a charity township” Alexandra inquiry told

Residents call for probe into renewal Project

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News | 13 May 2019

Transport is not an essential service, committee finds

Drivers retain right to strike

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News | 10 May 2019

Tembisa land occupiers win court case against municipality

Each occupier will receive R1,500 in damages

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Law | 7 May 2019

Waste pickers march to be recognised

Protesters want to be a formal part of Johannesburg’s recycling programme

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News | 2 May 2019

Huge shack demolition in Johannesburg

We will not vote if this is how we are treated, say shackdwellers

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News | 30 April 2019