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Hundreds of nurses from hospitals and clinics in rural areas across the Eastern Cape picketed outside the provincial Department of Health call centre in East London on Wednesday. They want to be paid a special rural allowance. Photo: Johnnie Isaac Hundreds of nurses picketed outside the provincial Department of Health call centre in East London on Wednesday. They are among … [Read more...] about Rural Eastern Cape nurses demand special allowance

Scelo Sbozo carries what is left of his lounge suite after his home was washed away along with 44 other shacks at the Driftsands Nature Reserve in Cape Town on Monday. Photo: Siphokazi Mnyobe When water started seeping into Scelo Sbozo’s shack during heavy rainfall in the early hours of Monday morning, he sought shelter with his wife and three young children at a friend’s shack … [Read more...] about Flood “washes away” shacks in Cape Town nature reserve

Protesting parents from Garrett Primary in Zwide, Gqeberha blocked the entrance and road to the school on Wednesday, demanding that the Eastern Cape Department of Education build a fence around the school. Photo: Mkhuseli Sizani “The safety of our children comes first,” says Dikeledi Ngqola, deputy chairperson of the school governing body at Garrett Primary in Zwide, … [Read more...] about Parents shut down unfenced Gqeberha school

Parliament has finally voted on and approved a shortlist for a new chair of the scandal-ridden National Lotteries Commission. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks The 18-month-long stop-start process to appoint a new National Lotteries Commission (NLC) board chairman took a major step forward on Wednesday when Parliament voted to accept a report listing four candidates for the … [Read more...] about Parliament approves Lottery board chair shortlist

Residents say blockages in this canal caused the water to flood homes. Photos: Vincent Lali Hundreds of people have abandoned their homes after heavy rains in Cape Town. Dozens of residents of RR section of Khayelitsha have taken refuge in local churches. Community leader Sihla Tongo said the shacks of about 400 people are now underwater after two days of incessant rain. Tongo … [Read more...] about Khayelitsha residents shelter in churches after non-stop rain