Land occupiers homeless after sewage pipe burst
Land occupiers whose homes in Empolweni and Ethembeni were wrecked by the flood of sewage have appealed to the City of Cape Town for help but the City is refusing.
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Men threaten female job-seekers
Women job-seekers have asked for government protection from sex pests.
Day care centres demand support
Affected by the pandemic and the lockdown, early childhood development centres around the country are calling for government support.
E Cape care worker protest ends with job offer
Eastern Cape careworkers feel hopeful after meeting with the Department of Health.
Community care workers still locked out of permanent jobs
The Eastern Cape Health Department assured care workers they would be signing permanent contracts on the 1st of June. In the midst of a pandemic against which they are frontline combatants, care workers in the Eastern Cape are still temporary workers.
Unemployed graduates protest in Pretoria
South Africa has one of the world’s highest unemployment rates accounting for around 6.7-million people, 67% of whom are young people.
Families left homeless after houses are demolished
The City of Johannesburg is adamant that it will ensure that “anarchy” does not “prevail” as it continues to demolish houses despite the ongoing national state of disaster that prohibits evictions.
Life stinks for East London township residents
Overflowing sewage pollutes numerous settlements around the Eastern Cape city and makes living there unbearable.
28-year-old mother of two without an ID
Tomase still has longer to wait for her ID document that will give her and her children access to a social grant or the covid-19 emergency relief grant as a cushion against their grinding poverty.
Nehawu in Eastern Cape plans strike to hire more health workers
NEHAWU in the Eastern Cape says it will use a 21st of August strike by health workers to force the department to hire more staff.
Human settlements MEC urges the arrest of “illegal land grab” leaders
Land occupiers promise to return to land they are evicted from as they cannot afford to rent the backyard shacks they stayed in before.
Photo essay – Working Class Day of Action
Civil society, community-based organisations, trade unions and activists protested in major cities and towns around the country to demand better living and working conditions.
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