Covid-19 hits East Rand hard
Benoni shelter battles increase in poverty
By Justin Brown
News | 24 July 2020
Children born abroad with one South African parent have right to citizenship
Constitutional Court says that Home Affairs conduct is “brazenly incompetent”, intransigent, indifferent and inefficient
Law | 24 July 2020
79-year-old in housing occupation faces eviction
Only 54 houses built in six years instead of 600 in Nigel housing project
News | 22 July 2020
COSAS shuts down schools in Alexandra
“Pure criminality” says Gauteng Education Department
Brief | 22 July 2020
Court finds that government failed to feed children
Education ministers must immediately roll out National Schools Nutrition Programme
Law | 17 July 2020
Johannesburg suburb donates “trikes” and uniforms to reclaimers
City says residents and organisations must work together to formalise reclaimers
By Zoë Postman
News | 17 July 2020
Eskom users, fined for bridging electricity, beg to be reconnected
In Orange Farm many residents have been disconnected for two years because they can’t pay the R6k remedial fee
News | 16 July 2020
Midvaal occupation is no race war, say landowners
“The Elandsfontein landowners are a diverse group of people from all race groups”
News | 13 July 2020
Shacks demolished for fourth time in Tembisa since lockdown eased
Burning of materials shows heavy handedness and violence by metro police, says lawyer
By Zoë Postman
News | 9 July 2020