Food Meant for Poor Families Is Rotting in a Gauteng Food Bank
The Department of Social Development has been supplying food but not the funds to distribute it
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Unions Take to the Streets to Demand Decent Work
Hundreds of workers march in Cape Town, Joburg and Durban
Former SA Boxer Is Training Soweto’s Future Stars
Steven Msimanga trains 25 youths in his backyard in Orlando East
Tshwane Non-profit Social Housing Company in Business Rescue
Yeast City Housing is fighting for survival with debt of over R30-million
Phola Residents Say Mining Has Brought Misery Not Benefits
Community members protested at coal mining offices of Seriti over damage to homes from blasting
Thousands in Cape Town and Johannesburg Protest Against Israel’s Year of Massacres
Calls for Israel to be isolated, as South Africa was during apartheid
Rooigevaar in Saldanha
But Transnet says the dust falls below legal limits
Hundreds of Drug Users Stranded After Gauteng Government Closes Rehabs
Life Nkanyisa’s drug rehabs, formerly known as Life Esidimeni, had capacity for 750 people
Many Cape Town Stations Are Closed to Wheelchair Users
And the “People’s Train” is inaccessible to many people
Durban Residents Without Water for Eight Years Picket at City Hall
Standpipes in ward 105 have been dry since 2016
Six Weeks and UIF Online System Still Down
COSATU has called on the labour minister to intervene
Minister Responds to Attack on the Lottery
And NLC Board Chairperson Barney Pityana explains why the Lottery returned R300-million to Treasury
Why Do Potholes Occur?
Poor road construction, inadequate drainage and insufficient maintenance are the main causes
The Fate of the GNU Will Depend on What It Does to Fix Collapsing Municipalities
The Government of National Unity offers an opportunity to take practical steps
Three of Four Shosholoza Meyl Train Routes Halted Indefinitely
#UniteBehind believes problems with long distance locomotives is due to corruption at PRASA over the years.
Ngcobo’s Public Swimming Pool Has Been Empty for Four Years
Ngcobo residents fear the pool will be vandalised and never reopen
Citrusdal Farmers Devastated by Two Years of Floods
But they are determined to start over and revive their vegetable gardens yet again
Housing Activists Welcome City’s Intention to Develop Mowbray Golf Course
For years Reclaim the City and Ndifuna Ukwazi have been calling for leased golf courses to rather be used for social housing
More Than 17 Million People Applied for the R370 Grant in September
Most applicants have never had a job
Germiston Informal Settlement Neglected Since Dawn of Democracy
“We have rats that are as big as cats here”
Thousands of Birds Rescued by West Coast Owl Orphanage
The birds of prey rehabilitation centre in Velddrif has gone from strength to strength but challenges remain
After 22 Years, Almost Half of Labour Tenant Land Claims Are Unresolved
Law guarantees land ownership to labour tenants who were given access to land in exchange for labour during apartheid
One Teacher, No Toilets
Learners at Gcina Senior Primary in KwaGcina, Cofimvaba relieve themselves on an open field during the school day
Access to Information: Public Institutions Are Flouting the Law
Only 20% of municipalities met their obligations to report to the Information Regulator