Brief

Protest by people left homeless by Durban fire

Human settlements MEC promised them building materials

Protesters call for new hospital in Gugulethu

The old hospital can’t cope says Movement for Change and Social Justice

Health workers picket for Palestine outside Red Cross Children’s Hospital

Organisers call for immediate ceasefire

Residents stop IEC registering voters in Philippi

Community leaders say elections make no difference to their terrible living conditions

Gaza: UCT senate calls for ceasefire

In a statement it also called for “the release of hostages and unlawfully held prisoners”

Khayelitsha residents document their daily struggle with toilets

Photographic exhibition shows access to sanitation from the perspective of people living in informal settlements

Bheki Cele responds to police assault

Minister says video of police beating Juma Igiranieza looks like grievous bodily harm

Hundreds homeless after shack fire rips through Durban settlement

MEC for Human Settlements promises to fast-track assistance

Hundreds march to the City Hall in Durban demanding jobs

Retrenched Public Employment Programme (PEP) workers want to be reinstated by eThekwini municipality

Call for a national early childhood feeding scheme

There is no government nutrition programme for children before they enter formal schooling

Activists doorstop police to demand answers for brutal barbershop assault

Police and IPID silent on the investigation into the assault of Juma Igiranieza on 7 November

Durban residents, dumped for 2010 world cup, protest

They were told in 2009 their temporary accommodation was only for six months

Kariega parents fight to save “beacon of hope” farm school

The education department wants to close Amanzi Primary School because it only has 114 learners

Expelled NUMSA members start rival union

Metal Mining and Allied Workers Unions of South Africa (MMAWUSA) holds inaugural press briefing

Nandipha Magudumana’s latest bail attempt fails

Hundreds protest at US Consulate - demand ceasefire in Gaza

Calls for Palestinian human rights to be respected