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Looting mars De Doorns protest

8th November 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Passing trucks get looted as the unemployed in De Doorns protest against unemployment and bribery for jobs on farms in the area.

Bus and train services to Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain suspended

7th November 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Train commuters in Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain, the Western Cape’s most populous areas, have been forced to find alternative transport after the suspension since Monday […]

Breast cancer treatment limited in public hospitals

5th November 2019 Tandeka Bafo 0

October every year is breast cancer awareness month but public health services to treat it still fall short of need.

Residents protest against revised indigent grant

26th October 2019 Tandeka Bafo 0

Support given to poor households is being taken away by the municipality’s insistence on the recovery of costs for services.

Report reveals over R42-billion in unpaid benefits

23rd October 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

The massive theft of pensions should be called a crime, but because it has been perpetrated by corporate South Africa, it is put down to regulatory failure.

Too hungry to go to class: South Africa’s university students need better support

22nd October 2019 Stella Sabi 0

The South African university student population has changed over the past 20 years to reflect wider society more closely than before. It’s no surprise therefore […]

Delegates say 4IR should not be used for profits

18th October 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

On the last day of the farmworkers conference at the UWC, the farmworkers warned against the use of technology for super-profits.

Farmworkers want government to take tough measures against farmers

17th October 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Farmworkers’ organisations and labour unions at a farmworkers conference at UWC were not happy with the lack of a clear plan from Thulas Nxesi on how to deal with recalcitrant farmers.

Farmworkers tell of poor working and living conditions

17th October 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

The fact that farmworkers work the land under working and living conditions that have not changed since the Western Cape strike of 2012 should be […]

Evicted backyarders demand accommodation from the City

15th October 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Not finding anyone to receive their memorandum at the Civic Centre and at Parliament, the protestors vowed to return in the next few days.

We did the sums on South Africa’s mental health spend. They’re not pretty

14th October 2019 Sumaiyah Docrat Crick Lund 0

South Africa has taken steps towards strengthening mental health care in the last 20 years. These include reforming the Mental Health Care Act 2002 and developing a National […]

No clear plan to ease burden on detectives

10th October 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

There is no clear plan to beef up detective services that were already overburdened before the deployment of the army.

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