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Simthandile Sikeyi (left) with her grandmother Beauty and younger sister Lelethu. Simthandile has not been placed at a high school for nearly two years and says she’s losing hope of ever starting grade 8. Photo: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik. Simthandi Sikeyi is among about a dozen learners that GroundUp knows of who have not been placed at schools in Cape Town this year. The … [Read more...] about Teen losing hope of finding a place in high school

Ledla Structural Development, whose contract to supply protective equipment to the Gauteng provincial government was set aside by the Special Tribunal, wants the Constitutional Court to rule that the Tribunal had no power to make that decision. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks Ledla Structural Development’s contract to supply protective equipment to the Gauteng provincial … [Read more...] about Company takes aim at anti-corruption court

A new list of candidates for chair of the National Lotteries Commission is to be submitted to Parliament. Graphic: Lisa Nelson The stalled effort to appoint a new board chairperson for the corruption-riddled National Lotteries Commission (NLC) is finally back on track, almost 18 months after it first began. Parliament’s Trade, Industry, and Competition Portfolio Committee voted … [Read more...] about Appointment of Lottery chair back on track

SARS workers, supported by NEHAWU and PSA members, picket outside the Cape Town office on Tuesday for salary increases ahead of the nationwide strike on Wednesday. Photo: Marecia Damons More than 50 South African Revenue Service (SARS) workers and supporters braved the cold and rain to picket outside the tax collector’s offices in Cape Town on Tuesday. The workers, affiliated … [Read more...] about SARS workers picket for salary increases ahead of nationwide strike

Striking ArcelorMittal workers marched to the company headquarters on Tuesday with a memorandum of demands. Photo: Chris Gilili Several hundred members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) who have been on strike at steel company ArcelorMittal marched to table a memo of demands at the company’s head offices in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, on Tuesday. Many … [Read more...] about ArcelorMittal: union demands 7% wage hike, company offers 6%