Campaign launched to remove guns from violent domestic partners
The ‘Removing the Trigger’ Campaign was launched at the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children on Wednesday.
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Old Age Grant is not enough to cover care needs, researchers find
Pensioners often carry households at the expense of their own needs
Lawyers for child victims of rogue attorney looting trust fund
Court tells Council to finalise investigation into alleged R348-million plunder of trust funds by disgraced attorney Zuko Nonxuba
NSFAS has a horrible day in Parliament
Troubled adverse audit described. And over 36,000 student beds still to be accredited
Long queues at SASSA in Khayelitsha
Earlier this week residents picketed, demanding that a new office be built and for staff to be trained
KwaNobuhle families have to get their water from a hole in the ground
Taps have been dry since Friday because of a damaged main pipe
Cathcart Hospital rumours spark week of protests
Police are monitoring as stoning incidents continue on N6
Mpumalanga delays building of school for learners with disabilities
School was promised over 10 years ago
Evicted Alexandra families spend the night on the street
Dozens of families evicted from container housing by the City of Johannesburg
Call to pause “catastrophic” health care budget cuts
Western Cape health workers warn of dire consequences if cuts are not reversed
Waive “no work no pay” principle, say striking UCT workers
The union members downed tools for a full day on Tuesday after negotiations with management failed
Deputy principal suspended after probe names him in suicide of 12-year-old Gauteng learner
Three other teachers named in report are still at the school
Students snooze on the floor at CPUT amid housing funding blunder
The university says its own accredited and leased residences have already reached full capacity
Mamelodi flood victims demand City keeps its promise to relocate them
City of Tshwane says Mavuso residents will be relocated to land acquired by the provincial government
R9.7-million spent and three years later, still no bridge
Eastern Cape villagers say Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality has been promising them the bridge for 20 years
Unemployed doctors march to Department of Health
They demand permanent jobs and no budget cuts to healthcare
Hawks act against one of their own for Lottery corruption
Spokeperson Hangwani Mulaudzi and former Head of Risk at the National Lotteries Commission Marubini Ramatsekisa are both named in a dossier handed to prosecutors
Fire minister Dipuo Peters, rail activists demand
#UniteBehind wants President Ramaphosa to axe the deputy minister for allegedly enabling looting at PRASA
Stop conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism
They demanded Germany stop supporting the war on Gaza and resume funding UNRWA
Huge Gugulethu housing project dead in the water
Successive failure of construction companies leaves families waiting
UCT strike begins – support staff demand 7.5% increase for 2024
They also want a unified bargaining forum
Hundreds of people from mining communities march in Pretoria
The protest follows a summit hosted by Mining Affected Communities United in Action
Judge Makhubele says she never called Tribunal witnesses liars
Hearings at the Judicial Conduct Tribunal into alleged gross misconduct by the judge will resume on 22 February
Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled
City to deal with the 32-million litres of raw sewage it pumps out to sea every day