Eastern Cape schools not ready to start the year
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.
Lilita Gcwabe
No water for rural poor in a time of pandemic
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
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
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
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
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
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
The inadequate and lack of services at Silvertown informal settlement near Malmesbury affects women the most.
Care workers demand better working conditions
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
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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