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- Residents have been without running water for eight months in this town
The Madibeng mayor told protesters that the municipality is broke and can’t pay back its more than R200-million debt to the City of Tshwane. Read more » - Hundreds march through city centre to kick off Durban Pride
Organisers call for better support and protection for victims of hate crimes, especially in townships Read more » - Over 500 Eastern Cape health workers down tools
Nurses want rural allowance. Patients at six hospitals and clinics in the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality wait for hours. Read more » - Dismissed, determined doper loses court bid to be reinstated
Being fired for using cannabis is not unfair discrimination, court rules Read more » - Exploitation of refugee security guards is rife, says legal organisation
Security companies often ignore Labour Court orders Read more » - SIU freezes mansion of former lottery chair
Under Alfred Nevhutanda’s tenure as chairperson of the Lottery board there was grand-scale corruption Read more » - Broken toilets are a big problem across Cape Town’s townships
In a Khayelitsha neighbourhood, it’s so bad that instead of using the City-supplied toilets, people are defecating in buckets and throwing the waste in a field Read more » - Man accused of sexual predation loses defamation case
Court found that report to police accusing the man was not done in bad faith Read more » - Yeoville Market fire was a xenophobic attack, say activists and stall owners
Many immigrant entrepreneurs lost their livelihoods in the fire Read more » - Two years later: Over a thousand crèches still not paid Covid relief funds
“We are now in 2022 and not even 60% have been paid” says ECD principal Read more »
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