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Fort Beaufort resident Fezeka Bawuti doing laundry on the site of her RDP house which was meant to be renovated years ago. Her home has since deteriorated and barely has walls. Photos: Mkhuseli Sizani About 128 families in Fort Beaufort say they were left homeless when contractors abandoned a project to refurbish their homes. The RDP houses were shoddily built by local … [Read more...] about Five years and two building contractors, but these houses are still not finished

Workers protested outside ArcelorMittal in Vanderbijlpark on Wednesday, demanding a 10% wage increase. Photo: Chris Gilili Hundreds of members of the National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) downed tools at ArcelorMittal in Vanderbijlpark on Wednesday demanding a 10% wage increase. ArcelorMittal is offering 5%. Workers were expected to return to work on Thursday, said NUMSA, … [Read more...] about Some NUMSA steel workers to return to work after ArcelorMittal wins interdict

Civil society organisations met President Cyril Ramaphosa and some Cabinet Ministers last week to plead for the R350 Covid Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant to be extended beyond the state of disaster. Archive photo: Mosima Rafapa The Post Office says beneficiaries of the R350 Social Relief of Distress grant who used to get their money from the Post Office will now only be … [Read more...] about Post Office no longer paying R350 grant

The trial of the man accused of killing Phelokazi Mqathanya was postponed on Wednesday because the court ran out of paper for photocopies. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana The trial of Bongani Ngadleka, accused of stabbing Phelokazi Mqathanya to death last year, has once again been postponed. The latest postponement in the Khayelitsha Magistrates Court is because the court ran out of … [Read more...] about New delay in lesbian murder case as Khayelitsha court runs out of paper

Over 200 people picket outside the Constitutional Court on Thursday where a landmark case is being heard that will determine if blind people get better access to published works in, for example, Braille. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro Over 200 people marched from Empire Road in Parktown to picket outside the Constitutional Court on Thursday, where a landmark case is being heard that … [Read more...] about Concourt to rule on access to books for blind people