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Elderly in rural Eastern Cape struggling to register for vaccines

No smartphones, poor connectivity and a lack of transport make registering impractical

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News | 27 May 2021

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“We don’t want money, we want jobs”: Ekurhuleni workers go to court

The City’s former employees want employment contracts, not the compensation awarded to them by the Labour Court

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News | 26 May 2021

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Truda Foods workers protest in one city while Labour Court rules against company in another

Judge sends message that courts should not be used to prevent workers organising

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News | 26 May 2021

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How bending the rules is getting people vaccinated

A library comes to the rescue

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News | 26 May 2021

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Growing shack settlement annoys new homeowners

City says it has an interdict to stop new shacks from being built on the land

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News | 26 May 2021

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Taxi drivers bring Gqeberha to standstill over Covid-19 funds

“Most of us are unable to pay our bills” says protesting taxi driver

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News | 25 May 2021

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Parliament rebukes SAPS for poor discipline as watchdog probes 794 killings by police

But Parliament has failed to enforce its recommendations in the past

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News | 25 May 2021

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JHB social housing flats shoddily built, say residents

Beneficiaries blame developer for poor workmanship and maintenance issues

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News | 24 May 2021

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Domestic workers need more time to lodge compensation claims, say unions

Workers have until November 2021 to submit retrospective claims of the last 27 years

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News | 24 May 2021

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“Never forget how they died”- Life Esidimeni online memorial launched

Website will allow people to lay complaints and report service issues

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News | 21 May 2021

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Bail granted for two Abahlali leaders accused of conspiracy to murder

Shack dweller movement believe arrests are a political ploy to destroy and discredit them

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News | 21 May 2021

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City of Cape Town granted interdict against further unlawful occupation of District Six

“The rights of the lawful District Six Claimants must be protected” says judge

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News | 21 May 2021

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Street lights dead for years in Nelson Mandela Bay

“We hear screams at night from women … It is very difficult to go outside and help because you will be a target too”

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News | 21 May 2021

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Immigrants must also get land, say shack dwellers

Residents accuse community leaders of corruption and excluding immigrants from getting stands for houses

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News | 20 May 2021

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Vaccine scheduling glitch makes some over-70-year-olds very happy

Sandton centre briefly opens for walk-in vaccinations, back to normal scheduled appointments from Thursday

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News | 19 May 2021

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Government working to fix “teething issues” at vaccine sites

Western Cape given 33,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to kick start phase 2 this week

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News | 19 May 2021