News
Women make a living picking through scrap metal
“It’s amazing what valuable pieces one can find … Maybe one day l will even find gold”
News | 27 February 2020
Budget Day marked by protests and marches
Issues included unemployment, climate change and gender rights
By Ashraf Hendricks, Tariro Washinyira and Vincent Lali
News | 26 February 2020
Paraplegic man dreams of having a house
Lwando Sigaqa lives in a shack in Taiwan informal settlement
News | 26 February 2020
Furious Uitenhage protesters block roads, turn learners back from school, stone councillor’s office
Shack dwellers vow to bar politicians from Bobani Village until progress is made with electrification
News | 25 February 2020
Couple dies in shack fire in Kraaifontein
Wallacedene shack dwellers say they had no water to extinguish the blaze
By Vincent Lali
News | 25 February 2020
Eastern Cape villagers promised water in 1998, still waiting
Over R23 million spent and the bills keep mounting, but the taps stay dry in Flagstaff villages
News | 25 February 2020
Campaigners launch The Real Jobs Summit ahead of budget speech
About 150 protesters marched to Parliament on Monday under the banner of Cry of the Xcluded campaign
News | 25 February 2020
Hospital in dire straits after Eastern Cape Health Department fails to pay contractors
Refurbishment ground to a halt at the hospital when the department ran out of money. Union threatens to down tools
News | 25 February 2020
Judges award punitive cost order against PRASA for delay in multi-billion rand Siyangena case
#UniteBehind calls for PRASA’s Administrator to be held liable for part of the legal fees
By Elna Schütz
News | 24 February 2020