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Elderly people in rural Makana struggle to get to vaccine sites
People are paying R60 for transport to Covid vaccination sites in Makhanda, and that’s just for the first jab
News | 18 August 2021
Taps keep running dry in Louis Trichardt
Residential areas and the town centre have been without reliable water for over a month
News | 18 August 2021
Gauteng government takes vaccination drive to informal settlements
And Saaberie Chishty Society helps get people vaccinated outside their homes
News | 18 August 2021
Homeless man creates unique lampshades from recycled material
Ziggy Goredema lost his job and home at the start of lockdown and began making and selling the hanging lampshades
News | 17 August 2021
Durban parents demand schools close after learner dies of Covid
Protest follows death of 12-year-old Kaitlyn Pillay. Education expert warns of “dire” cost to children of closing schools.
News | 17 August 2021
Addo awash in raw sewage for months
Municipality says it must upgrade sewer pump station to a water treatment works
News | 16 August 2021
Phoenix “vigilante killings”: dozens march to police station demanding judicial inquiry
“I saw so much hate in people’s eyes as they beat me up”
News | 16 August 2021
PRASA has left East Rand train stations in ruins
“What happened in the recent looting around the country is almost similar to what we saw here”
News | 13 August 2021
Activists impatient with long wait for promised social housing
City of Cape Town says national government slow to release “well-located” land for affordable housing
News | 12 August 2021