2021 – The wrap
These are some of the stories we brought you in 2021. Expect more to follow in 2022.
Cape Town
Cape Town’s busiest railway still a long way from restarting
Prasa says the plan is to have the Central Line operating again by next year December.
Activists and union members march for Basic Income Grant
The Cry of the Xcluded demand a basic income grant of R1,500 which they say will meet the immediate needs of the unemployed.
Voting for rubbish collection, electricity and much needed services
Voters around the country say they voted for sanitation, jobs and houses.
City plays blame game over heaps of rubbish in Cape Town’s Marikana settlement
Marikana residents say they have had to put up with heaps of rubbish on their doorstep for months now.
Homeless in the ‘Mother City’
As World Homeless Day was marked, the City of Cape Town declared it intends appealing a court ruling that it pay compensation to homeless people it removed from District 6.
NUMSA determined to win 8% increase
Numsa handed a memorandum of demands to the Metal and Engineering Industry Bargaining Council (MEIBC) on the first day of its national strike in the sector.
Small scale fishers and coastal communities against Karpowership project
Small-scale fishers and coastal communities say that their livelihoods would be harmed by the Karpowership project.
Khayelitsha residents protest against overflowing sewage
Residents of Site B in Khayelitsha protest the area’s sewer system while the City of Cape Town blames them for blockages and overflow.
Climate activists call for sustainable solutions
Activists called for a change of leadership at the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, and for the capitalist economy to be uprooted.
Ramaphosa residents demand foul jobs
Residents of Ramaphosa informal settlement say they want the company contracted to clean their toilets to employ people on shorter term bases to make more jobs available.
Minimum wage still not a living wage after increase
Workers earning the minimum wage say that its increase earlier this year has not made life easier.
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