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Eastern Cape schools not ready to start the year

16th Feb 2021 0

Reports by Sadtu regions in the EC add to concerns raised by members of parliament over the state of readiness of schools to re-open in the province.

No water for rural poor in a time of pandemic

11th Dec 2020 0

Covid-19 and the lockdown has exacerbated poverty and inequalities in the rural areas of South Africa.

Child and Youth centres in Khayelitsha starved of support amid pandemic

4th Dec 2020 0

Children’s homes and youth centres worried about not having the access to food during the pandemic.

Community healthcare workers march for a minimum wage of R12,500

26th Nov 2020 0

As the outcry by thousands of care workers whose bodies continue to be on the frontline against covid-19 gets louder around the country, their conditions of work remain unchanged.

Police fire teargas and rubber bullets at anti-racism protest – photos

23rd Nov 2020 0

The illusion of South Africa’s rainbow nation has become even more unreal at many ex-model C schools.

KDF says extortion won’t be tolerated in Khayelitsha

26th Oct 2020 0

The KDF had harsh words for those who are involved in extortion of small businesses, informal traders and residents in Khayelitsha.

Slow recovery of the informal economy still costing many livelihoods

16th Oct 2020 0

The informal economy workers are one of the group of workers who are bearing the brunt of the pandemic as some have lost their livelihoods.

Eight years with no basic services in Silvertown: A photo essay

18th Sep 2020 0

The inadequate and lack of services at Silvertown informal settlement near Malmesbury affects women the most.

Care workers demand better working conditions

1st Sep 2020 0

For the second time under the covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, community care workers in Khayelitsha protested for better conditions of work.

African nationals remain outsiders in SA

26th Aug 2020 0

South Africa is said to have overcome the peak in covid-19 cases, while many African nationals will take much longer to recover from the lockdown.

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