Khayelitsha gets a men’s health clinic
Some of the services offered at the new clinic include HIV infection prevention (PrEP), screening for sexually transmitted diseases and TB, and health education.
Cape Town
Khayelitsha Book Festival breathes new life into work of forgotten Xhosa poet
Nontsizi Mgqwetho was one of the strongest literary voices produced by South Africa in the 20th century.
Law enforcement officers fight dismissal
The municipal workers union claims that the City of Cape Town is dismissing law enforcement officers without following a fair process.
E-hailing drivers go on strike in Cape Town
Vulnerable to arbitrary decisions by the e-hailing apps and criminals posing as passengers, the drivers called for government protection.
RDP homeowners without electricity for a year
Eskom has promised to install electricity but is scant on details.
Hundreds protest over planned teacher cuts in the Western Cape
Classes in poor schools are expected to grow even bigger as the education department plans to cut teacher posts.
Police plan to catch up with extortion gangs
Extortionists are now targeting schools, pensioners and road accident fund beneficiaries, according to the police minister.
PHOTOS | Riverlands flood damage
The local municipality supports the motion of a class action law suit against the owners of the failed dams, the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.
Riverlands families still picking up the pieces a month after dam burst
An investigation by the Department of Water recommends that the dam owner be held accountable for the disaster.
Farmworkers march to demand a ban on harmful pesticides
The protestors want Germany to stop exporting 67 hazardous pesticides that are banned in Europe, to South Africa
Government denounced for sub-contracting fight against GBV to NGOs
The march marked the fifth year since Uyinene Mrwetyana’s brutal murder by Luyanda Botha.
60 Intercape drivers demand their jobs back
The bus company is accused of stamping out any attempt by its employees to join a union, and using authoritarian tactics.
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