
Marikana townships still squalid 10 years after the massacre
Ten years after the massacre of mine workers conspired by the state and their employer in Marikana, residents continue to fight for a better life
Ten years after the massacre of mine workers conspired by the state and their employer in Marikana, residents continue to fight for a better life
The informal traders in the city centre of Johannesburg lament bad treatment by the City of Johannesburg.
Mining affected communities met to contribute to the third draft of a legally binding treaty against human rights violations by businesses, which will be presented later this year at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Police Minister Bheki Cele promised the Alexandra community action against criminals and “undocumented foreign nationals”.
Food prices are rising as SDR grant recipients struggle to buy basic necessities.
Hostel residents in Alexandra township have been decrying lack of services at the hostels since 1994.
Voters around the country say they voted for sanitation, jobs and houses.
Temporary relocation area residents say the upcoming local government elections are not going to change their living conditions.
City Power’s latest effort to remove illegal connections will, like previous raids, prove futile as no legal supply of electricity even exists in these informal settlements.
With just over 7-million vaccines administered, physically disabled people feel that they have been left behind.