Ten families living in the open after 35 households evicted in Nigel

Elderly widow evicted from her home of 35 years

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News | 29 July 2019

Somalian shops in Khayelitsha looted after shooting

“It was no longer about the shooting anymore but hatred towards us Somalians” says shop owner

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Brief | 29 July 2019

Attitudes towards land occupations have to change, say researchers

Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa has released a series of reports on informal settlements

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Brief | 29 July 2019

Ambitious plans underway for homegrown South African climate change model

“We should not just sit and wait for others to bring us solutions. We should be part of the solution.”

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Science | 29 July 2019

Activists highlight how state capture affects everyday life

Collapse of Metrorail and policing is hurting poor people

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News | 28 July 2019

Auditor-General scathing about Gauteng’s management of Alexandra project

Testimony given on last day of final sitting of SAHRC inquiry

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News | 27 July 2019

Low turnout to Metrorail protests

“Passengers are accosted by criminals on the trains. Our employees are being threatened at gunpoint and assaulted. We can’t continue under these conditions.”

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News | 26 July 2019

New Masiphumelele taxi rank open at last

The rank has stood unused since its completion in May

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Brief | 26 July 2019

Landmark silicosis settlement made order of court

“This agreement can never make full redress for the loss and harm suffered by gold mine workers and their families and communities over the last 100 years,” says judge

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Law | 26 July 2019

Man set alight in scuffle over municipal tender

Small business owner Vuyani Zinto says a ward committee member poured petrol over him when he tried to stop a fencing and flooring project

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Brief | 26 July 2019

Students demand to know where their NSFAS allowances are

Eastcape Midlands College says it “strictly adheres to NSFAS bursary rules and guidelines”

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Brief | 26 July 2019

How the Barn is helping Khayelitsha’s entrepreneurs

Non-profit technology hub offers office space for people to run their businesses

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News | 26 July 2019

Residents of apartheid-era shack town still have no electricity or toilets

“Government has chosen to forget us”

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News | 26 July 2019

Social Development Department didn’t know it had offices in Alexandra

Tale of confusion revealed at HRC inquiry

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News | 25 July 2019

Activists call on German government to prosecute state capturers

#UniteBehind singles out Vossloh, whose subsidiary sold trains to PRASA that don’t fit local tracks

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Brief | 25 July 2019

Police raid Woodstock Hospital, arrest 40 people and release them

Residents allege they were dealt with violently and the police had no warrant

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News | 25 July 2019