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Filthy train station has been cleaned … but not by PRASA

GroundUp report prompts Freedom Front Plus members to clean up De Mist station in Uitenhage

UIF applicants forced to break Covid-19 curfew rule

Some people say they queue from 3am outside Department of Labour offices in Port Elizabeth

Violence erupts over electricity in Port Elizabeth

Residents of informal settlement retaliate with stones after nearby homeowners cut illegal connections

No booze, less meat: taverns feel the pinch of Covid-19 ban

“There is no business at the moment, it is bad”

Lindiwe Zulu urged to introduce new child grant

Amendment to Social Assistance Act would allow minister to prescribe additional payments

“Don’t call us heroes”: health workers overwhelmed by Covid-19 want help, not praise

“Emotionally, we are not coping”

Covid-19 curfew and alcohol ban leave sex workers battling

“In our line of work business thrives during the night”

Covid-19 beach closures threaten the livelihoods of car guards

“This job gave me a sense of independence and pride”

No water to douse raging fire: 70 left homeless

Shackdwellers had to fetch water from another informal settlement

Nearly 85,000 older South Africans have probably died from Covid-19

Pensioners at high risk and easily ignored

Over 100,000 South Africans have probably died of Covid-19

Latest MRC report shows over 16,000 excess deaths in week ending 16 January

“I have tried all the tricks … but with no success” says frustrated Covid-19 grant applicant

Despite new Post Office system, snaking queues are the norm in Port Elizabeth

Trial will shed light on Wild Coast violence

Community is split, even within families, on whether mining should be allowed to take place

Massive CCMA budget cut will hurt workers, say unions

Far fewer commissioners to listen to cases will mean reduced turnaround time

Disability grants: SASSA promises to clear Western Cape backlog by end of March

Extra doctors have been brought in, SASSA executive tells Western Cape legislature

SASSA’s Uitenhage office only serves 50 people a day. This is what it looked like at 1:30pm