“We need electricity, legal or not” says shack dweller

eThekwini Municipality is planning to roll out 18,000 new electricity connections across the city

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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

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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

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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

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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”

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News | 4 July 2018

“We are paid peanuts” says SASSA employee

Workers affiliated to the Public Servants’ Association have rejected SASSA’s 7% pay hike

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Brief | 3 July 2018

“All we want is justice and attention from the police” says Pietermaritzburg resident

About 50 residents and members of the SACP marched on Friday to demand better policing in townships

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Brief | 2 July 2018

Pietermaritzburg residents start cleaning blitz

Sobantu residents say the municipality has neglected the township

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News | 2 July 2018

Court allows Durban evictees to return to their homes

Lamontville Transit Camp residents were evicted on Friday by the City of eThekwini

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News | 19 June 2018

Residents of Durban transit camp evicted to make way for other evictees

Community members say they will challenge removals in court

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News | 18 June 2018

“We are now visible” says albinism activist

People with albinism march in Durban

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News | 13 June 2018

Domestic worker attacked by employers’ dogs

Police refused to investigate, says victim’s brother

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News | 5 June 2018

Pietermaritzburg woman feeds up to 150 gogos out of her own pocket

“She is the reason behind our smile,” says 80-year-old Sizakele Ntuli

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News | 25 May 2018

Nurses call for Health MEC to be axed

KZN nurses say they are chronically short-staffed and underpaid

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Brief | 24 May 2018

Another Abahlali activist shot dead

S’fiso Ngcobo shot seven times at his home

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News | 23 May 2018

Parents stop teaching at primary school after allegations of corporal punishment

Children beaten with coat hanger says parent

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Brief | 15 May 2018