Desperate pleas for government to continue Covid-19 grant
“With the grant I could buy food that lasted a month”
By Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume
News | 18 May 2021
There’s not much left of Netreg train station in Cape Town
Neglect and vandalism have destroyed the station since the train service on the Central Line was suspended in 2018
News | 18 May 2021
Ekurhuleni “dumps” evicted families in dilapidated church for two years
The City says a team will revisit the site to assess the living conditions
News | 18 May 2021
Unfinished RDP houses a crime den in Nyanga
“These houses have been like this for ten years if not more”
News | 18 May 2021
“The air we breathe is killing us”: “Deadly Air” case finally goes to High Court
Environmental organisations want the government to compel coal mining companies to stop polluting communities on the Highveld
By Liezl Human and Julia Evans
Law | 17 May 2021
No budget for janitors at Cape Town informal settlement
Residents of Siyanyanzela have been buying their own pipes to fix communal toilets
By Vincent Lali
News | 17 May 2021
Johannesburg garbage removal: reclaimers relieved that Pikitup’s R50 levy has been withdrawn
Although the decision has brought some relief, reclaimers still say they have not been made a part of the city’s recycling programme
Brief | 17 May 2021
Strike at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University enters second week
NEHAWU is demanding a 6% pay increase; management initially offered 3.5%
Brief | 17 May 2021
Learners sent home as taps run dry at Eastern Cape schools
Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber to adopt over 30 schools to help with water saving measures
News | 17 May 2021