Two suspects appeared in court for drive-by shooting in Phillipi
The case against suspects facing charges of murder and attempted murder that appeared in Athlone Magistrate Court has been postponed to 16 April.
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Khayelitsha residents demand justice for slain leaders
Zwelethu Occupation Movement from Khayelitsha picketed outside provincial police headquarters demanding justice for murdered leaders.
First time asylum seekers shun at Cape Town Refugee Centre
Despite the Supreme Court ruling the Cape Town Refugee Office is still not open for first time asylum seekers.
Students and management agree on resumption of classes at WSU
Walter Sisulu University management has claimed poverty as a reason for not attending to student complaints and demands for improved conditions in the university’s residences.
Shoprite workers on strike for better working conditions
Shoprite workers in King Williams Town have joined a two-day nationwide strike called by their union for better working conditions.
Minister intervenes in Mthatha taxi violence
Police minister, Bheki Cele has intervened in the taxi violence in Mthatha that has claimed more than 60 people’s lives since 2016 by suspending major routes indefinitely, until the terms of a peace accord brokered between the warring taxi associations are respected.
Residents want councillor out of rental unit
Allegations of housing corruption have been made against Ward 44 councillor in Cape Town by members of the community who have been on the City’s housing list for years while Councillor Anthony Moses has been living in a Community Rental Unit since 2011. As a councillor, they say, his income should disqualify him from residency there.
PAC leader appeals to ‘coloured’ community to fight for land
PAC leader wants the coloured community to join the fight for land as the Khoisan people were the first people to be fought off the land by the colonisers.
Vavi warns SAFTU shopstewards against new ANC leadership
SAFTU General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has warned that the new ANC leadership led by former NUM secretary, President Cyril Ramaphosa aims to erode all the gains that workers have fought for in the past.
MEC promises to build toilets for Bizana school
The Eastern Cape Education MEC recently visited the school where a Grade R learner drowned in a pit-latrine and promised to build toilets.
Landless demand expropriation of land for housing
On Human Rights Day, communities from informal settlements in Cape Town marched for land for housing.
Langa Old Flats residents decry poor conditions of flats
South Africa will be celebrating Human Rights Day on Wednesday but Langa Old Flats residents feel that their rights and dignity are being undermined.
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