Articles for Joseph Chirume

Land occupiers say “we will die fighting for our shacks”

Protest turns violent after High Court eviction order served on Ehlovini shack dwellers

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News | 8 June 2017

Hundreds of outsourced workers on strike at Coega export company

Outsource company disputes union’s right

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Brief | 6 June 2017

Rubbish dump is a hazard for some but a lifeline for others

“I know that the discarded food could be dangerous to the health of me and my child, but I don’t have an option.”

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News | 30 May 2017

Farm labourers dumped in remote town after wage dispute

“It is unfortunate that in this age people are still being treated like animals.”

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News | 23 May 2017

600 land occupiers facing eviction in Port Elizabeth

“We will not leave this place after suffering so much”

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News | 19 May 2017

Panic buying and violent protests after power failure in Port Elizabeth

Residents thought municipality to blame

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News | 16 May 2017

Port Elizabeth parents shut down school in anger at education department

With a teacher-learner ratio of over 40 to 1, they accuse government of failing to listen to their requests for three additional teachers

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Brief | 12 May 2017

Over 1,000 learners shut down PE school

Students accuse education department of failing to respond to their grievances

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Brief | 5 May 2017

Zuma must go now, Pityana tells Port Elizabeth crowd

ANC MPs urged not to “hide” during parliamentary vote

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News | 28 April 2017

Port Elizabeth’s biggest taxi rank has no toilets

“The infrastructure is now an eyesore and dilapidating.”

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News | 26 April 2017

Sand artist makes a living on Port Elizabeth beaches

Siyabonga Duma, 28, wants to inspire other young people

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Feature | 14 April 2017

Commuters desperate following bus strike

“I have to pay double to get to work now", says commuter

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News | 13 April 2017

Take to the streets, Pityana urges SA

Zuma will be forced out, says Save SA leader

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News | 4 April 2017

Zuma cabinet reshuffle: what people are saying

GroundUp asked members of the public what they think of the axing of the Minister of Finance

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News | 31 March 2017

PE families live with burst sewer pipe for three years

Municipality fails to keep promises

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News | 28 March 2017

School books and uniforms taken by sheriff in shack demolition

“It is becoming difficult to explain our situation to school teachers because this is the third time,” says 15-year-old

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News | 27 March 2017