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Cops escort EFF march
About 100 supporters of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) marched around Khayelitsha calling on backyard dwellers to occupy land belonging to private owners.
Nombulelo Damba
News | 10 April 2015
Athlone’s amazing pet hospital
Walking through the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in Bridgetown, Athlone, is like walking through a hospital for humans - bare walls, corridors, operating rooms. Except, that is, for the barking and for the smell of dogs.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 9 April 2015
Workers at Groote Schuur allege illegal pay deductions
A manager at cleaning company Pronto Kleen has been charged with fraud after allegedly inflating employees’ working hours and claiming the extra money for herself.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 8 April 2015
Khayelitsha residents occupy children’s playgrounds
Anger and frustration was written on the faces of All Stars football players when a group of TR Informal Settlement residents allegedly led by Economic Freedom Fighters took over their playgrounds on Tuesday morning.
Nombulelo Damba
News | 7 April 2015
Cash-strapped touch rugby team needs funds for World Cup
Just three weeks ahead of the World Cup in Australia, members of the national men’s touch rugby team are still scrambling to raise enough money to fund their trip. Most of the players are from the Bo-Kaap.
Barbara Maregele
News | 7 April 2015
Sex at the specs: Sex workers protest in Sea Point
On 2 April activists and sex workers held a protest at the Perceiving Freedom sculpture in Seapoint to commemorate the 2003 Sizzlers Massacre and raise awareness of the need to decriminalise sex work.
Abigail McDougall
News | 7 April 2015
Countrywide protests by education activists over delayed government plans
Excitement and frustration were evident outside Parliament when students and Equal Education (EE) members slept overnight on the pavement in protest at the delayed release of the provincial implementation plans for Norms and Standards for School Infrastructure.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 2 April 2015