Playground for rats at Redhill informal settlement
Municipality dispatches rodent control team
Brief | 13 July 2018
Families challenge eviction from RDP flats in Umlazi
27 families occupied new units fearing they would be overlooked for housing
News | 13 July 2018
Housing protest in Pietermaritzburg leaves residents in the dark
Protesters burn electricity transformers and block roads in Copesville
Brief | 11 July 2018
Hundreds flock to occupy municipal land in Pietermaritzburg
Msunduzi municipality says it has an interdict preventing anyone from building on the land which is earmarked for housing
News | 10 July 2018
“We need electricity, legal or not” says shack dweller
eThekwini Municipality is planning to roll out 18,000 new electricity connections across the city
Brief | 10 July 2018
Post Office strike halts payment to grant beneficiaries
The workers say they have not received a wage hike in three years. They are demanding a 12% wage increase
News | 9 July 2018
Informal traders march against by-law amendments
Traders say the proposed changes will impede on their ability to earn a living
News | 6 July 2018
“I have no food at home” says grant recipient following Post Office glitch
Nearly 800,000 beneficiaries affected by payment problems
News | 5 July 2018
Commuters hit by taxi fare hike
“It makes escaping poverty so much harder because you continuously have to keep grinding and struggle to keep your family afloat”
News | 4 July 2018