Steel federation says 6% wage increase offer is final
CEO says sector has lost over 50,000 jobs this year alone
Brief | 15 October 2021
Social grant beneficiaries return home empty-handed
Long queues, paid placeholders, offline systems and load-shedding leave social grant beneficiaries empty-handed
News | 15 October 2021
Education department promises to fix “falling apart” school, but parents are sceptical
Community has little confidence left in the Limpopo education department which has to provide decent sanitation to nearly 1,500 schools
Brief | 15 October 2021
If you’ve had Covid, should you get vaccinated?
Yes, the evidence shows vaccination reduces your risk of getting reinfected
Science | 15 October 2021
Bus transformed into mobile classroom for learners in Langa
The 42-seater Atlas Digibus has laptops, two teaching stations, and Wi-Fi for online teaching programmes like coding
Brief | 15 October 2021
Stinking, broken, overflowing: these are the pit toilets Eastern Cape learners are expected to use at school
1,500 schools in the province still have pit toilets and some schools can’t afford to get them emptied
News | 15 October 2021
Cele promises action after Gqeberha violence
Minister says police will be on high alert
News | 14 October 2021
Steel strike continues as NUMSA members reject SEIFSA offer
Investigation ongoing into security guards accused of using live ammunition on striking workers
News | 14 October 2021
Cape Town home owners, fed up with City’s lack of action, pay to house homeless
Residents of houses on the border of Van Riebeeck Park made a plan to cover the cost of accomodating the people living in the park - for now
By Ashraf Hendricks and Marecia Damons
News | 14 October 2021