Children waiting to be fed in Lavender Hill. Archive photo from 2019: Brent Geach Almost 6.5 million people in South Africa go to bed hungry at night. The majority of them are women, according to StatSA. It is hard to accept why South Africa, a country that is not food insecure, should have a hunger problem; there are sufficient food resources, yet at the household level, food … [Read more...] about Black Sash calls for urgent action to fix child hunger
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Mbalula sticking to December deadline to fully open Cape Town’s Central Line
Acting PRASA CEO Hishaam Emeran and acting transport Director-General Ngwako Makapea (seated) with representatives of the railway occupiers at the signing of a “social compact” on Thursday. Photo: Tariro Washinyira Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula says government is sticking to its December deadline to fully open the Metrorail Cape Town Central Line and once again provide … [Read more...] about Mbalula sticking to December deadline to fully open Cape Town’s Central Line
Tshwane women turn rubbish dump into vegetable garden
What was a rubbish dump has been turned into a vegetable garden in Salvokop, Tshwane. Photo: Ezekiel Kekana Two Tshwane women have turned a rubbish dump into a thriving little vegetable garden, growing spinach and mutshaina (African spinach). During the Covid lockdown in 2020, Lufuno Doyoyo and Sinah Mudau decided to use a vacant piece of municipal land to grow food to sell in … [Read more...] about Tshwane women turn rubbish dump into vegetable garden
Leaked documents show how government wants to tackle unemployment
Growth (and decline) in GDP per capita since 1999. Source: Putting South Africa to Work (Presidency), World Bank data. On Wednesday, the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) leaked discussion documents from the Presidency and the National Treasury. The IEJ criticised the documents for dismissing a Universal Basic Income Grant and for suggesting replacing the R350 Social Relief … [Read more...] about Leaked documents show how government wants to tackle unemployment
Former UCT student named on rapist list wins damages
Illustration: Lisa Nelson A former student at the University of Cape Town, wrongly named in a widely-circulated list of “rapists” at the institution, has won a damages claim. The woman who admitted to putting his name on the list must pay over R300,000 in damages and medical expenses. She had subsequently admitted that she did not believe he was a sex offender, the judge … [Read more...] about Former UCT student named on rapist list wins damages
