Brief

No toilets for informal settlement in Mthatha

The municipality says it can’t provide services because residents occupied the land illegally

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Brief | 6 July 2018

Steenvilla evictees disappointed after De Lille no-show

Mayor’s office says she was not aware of meeting with residents

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Brief | 6 July 2018

Cape Town launches Safe Space for homeless people

Facility will provide overnight shelter for up to 230 homeless people

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Brief | 4 July 2018

Policeman accused of beating women because they are lesbian

Officer due to appear in court on 17 July

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Brief | 3 July 2018

Equal Education discuss sexual harassment at national congress

Learners and EE members from across the country are attending the organisation’s four-day meeting in Parktown.

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Brief | 3 July 2018

“We are paid peanuts” says SASSA employee

Workers affiliated to the Public Servants’ Association have rejected SASSA’s 7% pay hike

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Brief | 3 July 2018

Health workers strike for safer working conditions

Protestors demanded panic buttons, regular police patrol and guns for security guards

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Brief | 2 July 2018

Hundreds attend free medical screening in Duncan Village

The screening was organised by the Kings Palace Chapel International (KPCI) church

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Brief | 2 July 2018

Duncan Village residents claim homes were “given away”

Two families are demanding answers after they claim the home numbers given to them by the municipality were already occupied

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Brief | 2 July 2018

“All we want is justice and attention from the police” says Pietermaritzburg resident

About 50 residents and members of the SACP marched on Friday to demand better policing in townships

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Brief | 2 July 2018

Illegal electricity connections overloads new Duncan Village transformer

The municipality intalled a new supply transformer two weeks ago, but it cut out a week later, say residents.

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Brief | 28 June 2018

Protesters accuse ANC of job favouritism and shut down construction site

Residents of KwaNobuhle demand repairs to their RDP homes

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Brief | 27 June 2018

Lesbian murder trial to start in Strand

Activists are demanding that the state explain why the accused is not in jail

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Brief | 26 June 2018

Mthatha commuters want central taxi rank re-opened

Ranks were closed at the end of April following scores of deaths linked to taxi violence

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Brief | 26 June 2018

Roads ridden with potholes in Duncan Village, say residents

The municipality says it has budgeted to fix some of the roads in the township this year.

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Brief | 25 June 2018

Port Elizabeth municipal strike ends with agreement on bonuses

Garbage in streets to be cleared up from Friday afternoon

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Brief | 22 June 2018