Gauteng premier urged to intervene in cancer patients crisis
As the country battles the Covid-19 pandemic, cancer patients and activists say that over 2,000 patients in Gauteng are still waiting for cancer treatment.
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Covid grant does even less as food prices soar
Food prices are rising as SDR grant recipients struggle to buy basic necessities.
Police admit failures during July unrest
The national police commissioner admitted that the police were overstretched during the unrest that tore through KZN and Gauteng.
EC municipalities squander millions on sub-standard building projects
Construction companies with questionable track records continue to rake it in.
Phoenix massacre survivors relive trauma during SAHRC hearings
The victims of the Phoenix masscare say that they were attacked based on their skin colour.
Joburg waste pickers decry abuse while making ends meet
Wastepickers get no help nor recognition from the City of Johannesburg which seems to try to take their livelihoods away from them.
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.
3 shelters for Joburg’s 15,000 homeless
Homeless people complain that they cannot afford the R8 entry fee charged at the Kotze Street shelter which belongs to the City of Johannesburg.
Thandanani residents blame eThekwini for spread of shack fire
A lack of access to water by firefighters was at the centre of the fire that consumed 120 shacks in Durban.
Alex hostel dwellers bemoan basic services
Hostel residents in Alexandra township have been decrying lack of services at the hostels since 1994.
Activists march in Durban to highlight climate crisis
Activists in Durban joined in the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice on 6 November that was called by the COP26 Coalition to coincide with the climate negotiations underway in Glasgow, Scotland.
Three municipal construction projects in Mnquma stand incomplete
Three multi-million rand projects in Mnquma Local Municipality are unfinished while residents’ questions go unanswered.
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