Brief

Outages leave Kariega families queuing for water in pouring rain

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says teams are working to repair the services

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Brief | 10 April 2024

100 shacks demolished by City of Joburg on rainy weekend

Red Ants tore down land occupiers’ homes in Glen Austin, Midrand, on Friday and Sunday

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Brief | 8 April 2024

Beneficiaries struggling with grants since SASSA closed Macassar office

“People are poor and cannot afford to travel far for services that should be here,” says resident

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Brief | 8 April 2024

Children have to use an open field as a toilet at Mthatha primary school

Zwelinzima Primary has 200 learners and 13 staff but no toilets

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Brief | 8 April 2024

Palestinian supporters march to Parliament

The protest marked Al-Quds Day, an international day to oppose the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory

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Brief | 5 April 2024

Protesters accuse coal mining company of damaging their homes

Ogies and Phola coal mining communities also demand that Seriti publish a labour plan

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Brief | 5 April 2024

Pit toilet eradication deadline missed by Limpopo education department

But department says it’s 80% of the way there

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Brief | 4 April 2024

Toddlers electrocuted by illegal electrical wires

Thembelihle Ndlela and Kwenzakonke Gazu, both aged 3, were playing near their homes in Zwelisha, north of Durban, on Wednesday

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Brief | 4 April 2024

Get the trains running immediately, say protesters

Cape Town commuters march from Heideveld train station to the station in Nyanga

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Brief | 3 April 2024

Putin the “Hitler of the 21st Century” says former Ukrainian president

Viktor Yushchenko, who survived poisoning by Russian backed opponents, spoke in Cape Town on the eve of the Easter long weekend

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Brief | 29 March 2024

Hundreds of security guards sent home without wages after Eastern Cape health department fails to pay contractors

Department promises to make payments from April, the start of the new financial year

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Brief | 27 March 2024

Eastern Cape town’s R7.6-million taxi rank left unused for years

Municipality blames taxi violence, but Ngqamakhwe’s local taxi association says the facility was never finished

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Brief | 27 March 2024

Nurses and patients have to bring their own water to this Limpopo clinic

Nthabalala clinic near Elim has not had running water since mid-2022, according to residents

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Brief | 27 March 2024

Homeowners protest after City Power tackles illegal connections

700 houses targeted in sting operation

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Brief | 27 March 2024

Mpumalanga pensioners furious that SASSA paypoint closed

Tribal authority promises to take up the issue

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Brief | 26 March 2024

Concourt says no to dodgy lottery lawyer

The Legal Practice Council must now investigate GroundUp’s complaint against Lesley Ramulifho

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Brief | 26 March 2024