SASSA vows to meet its disability grant deadline

Virtual medical assessments will speed up the process, Western Cape legislature told

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News | 4 March 2021

MPs blast PRASA for inaction

“Gobsmacked by the clear lack of urgency”

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News | 3 March 2021

Activists oppose bid to survey Woodstock Hospital occupiers

Case to be heard in High Court in April

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News | 1 March 2021

Wolwerivier five years on: “We’re as desperate as the day we moved in”

It’s frustrating how little has changed in this “incremental development area”, say residents

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Feature | 1 March 2021

Blow for activists in River Club development

MEC has dismissed appeals against the issue of an environmental authorisation

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News | 1 March 2021

Parliament shortlists eight candidates for Lottery chair

Public has until 8 March to comment or raise objections

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Brief | 26 February 2021

Mother loses two children and friend in Crossroads fire

In a separate fire, 14 families are still battling to rebuild their homes that burnt down in Philippi

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News | 26 February 2021

NGOs warn latest budget will have bad outcomes for education

Equal Education say underfunding will cause even more overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and learners going without meals

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News | 26 February 2021

Zimbabwean couple demand gay rights

Yet having fled Zimbabwe, they face “corrupt, homophobic and xenophobic” Home Affairs in South Africa, says NGO

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News | 26 February 2021

Parents make desperate plea for placement, but schools are full

More than 8,600 Western Cape learners have not yet found places

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News | 26 February 2021

Ladismith cheese workers demonstrate in solidarity with farm workers

Factory workers demand action against farmer

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News | 25 February 2021

Judgment reserved in Drakenstein emergency housing case

Court was “left to speculate” about the municipality’s emergency housing plan, argues advocate

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Brief | 23 February 2021

Covid-19: Don’t put other people’s lives at risk, urges hospital cleaner

Thembelani Zake has had the disease and sees its effects daily in his work

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News | 23 February 2021

Parents shut down high schools, demanding places for their children

“No learners will attend school while others don’t” says Kraaifontein community leader

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Brief | 22 February 2021

Still no answers to why police used a water cannon on people in a SASSA queue

Independent Police Investigative Directorate considering an investigation

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Brief | 22 February 2021

“God always puts something out for us” says scrap collector

Even shack fires can be an opportunity

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Brief | 22 February 2021