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Parents fear for children’s safety at this crumbling school
Mntla Primary consists of prefabs from the 1980s
News | 30 October 2023
Welkom municipal workers furious after learning they won’t be paid
A letter signed by the municipal manager states workers may have to wait until the end of October to get their salaries
News | 27 October 2023
Criminal case against former PRASA director kicked down the tracks – again
Mthuthuzeli Swartz was arrested for the sale of 42km of railway line in January 2019
News | 27 October 2023
Life-saving TB drug is now cheaper in South Africa, but not as cheap as it can be
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to drop the price of bedaquiline to the South African government by more than 40%
By Daniel Steyn
News | 27 October 2023
Disability grant applicants sleep outside this SASSA office
SASSA admitted that there had been “technical challenges with the online system” but that these had since been resolved
News | 27 October 2023
Landmark decision for housing in Cape Town
City Council releases land in Salt River for social housing
News | 26 October 2023
Backyarders demolish shacks in Cape Town
Violence and tensions between land occupiers and backyarders has been brewing for months in Khayelitsha
By Vincent Lali
News | 26 October 2023
Health department has not fully implemented court order, say lawyers
The department was ordered to put notices up in hospitals and clinics stating that children under six and pregnant and breastfeeding women are eligible for free health care irrespective of nationality
News | 26 October 2023
Embattled municipality yet to pay thousands of workers’ salaries
Workers staged a sit-in at the Matjhabeng municipal headquarters in Welkom to demand that they be paid immediately
News | 26 October 2023