Khayelitsha clinics equipped for eye screening
The official launch of these services took place in Khayelitsha, Michael Mapongwana clinic, but they are also available in other areas such as Mfuleni and Nolungile clinic in Site C.
CPFs welcome police plan to recruit more detectives
The police are on a recruitment drive to boost the number of detectives in the service. CPF leaders say that unless the forensics capacity of the police is also improved, detective services will remain overwhelmed and disabled.
Sexual violence in schools is worse than reported – report
By Stats SA estimates, 1 in 5 children are victims of sexual violence while the Western Cape education department says there have only been five reported cases at schools in the province so far this year.
Nsfas students endure delayed payments and high bank fees
While students are preparing for year-end exams, Nsfas beneficiaries say their problems have not been addressed.
Inner city residents call for an inclusive Joburg
Unions and NGOs convened a meeting this Saturday to build a collective response to the housing crisis in inner city Johannesburg.
Bus commuters knocked by fare increase
The cost of transport is up to half of a Khayelitsha household’s expenses and it is going ever up.
Residents of informal settlements on Cape Town’s railways ‘live in poop’
Communities along Cape Town’s central line complain of inadequate sanitation and access to water as the plan to relocate them stalls.
The disintegrating classrooms of King William’s Town school
Half of the school’s prefab buildings are dilapidated, with rats and bees resident and the wind passing through.
Attempts to relocate land occupiers on Cape Town railway going nowhere
Trains on Prasa’s central line in Cape Town have not run since November 2019, allowing landless people to move on to the railway. It is now unclear when rail services on the city’s busiest line will resume.
Jagersfontein community waits in vain for compensation
The Jagersfontein community say that they are worried about the snail pace to implement the recommendations of the report following the 2021 mine tailings dam collapse.
Former Enoch Mgijima Municipal Manager facing fraud and corruption charges
Zondani’s lawyer is optimistic that they will win the case while activists doubt that anything less than its dissolution will bring change to the municipality.
Enyobeni tavern owners insist they’re innocent as inquest stalls
Enyobeni tavern owner takes a swipe at the inquest into the cause of death of 21 teenagers in his establishment while the families feel frustrated by the delay.
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