Refugees are living in four rooms at this old school in Bronkhorstpruit, Gauteng, after being evicted from the outside of the UNHCR offices in Pretoria last week. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro A group of refugees who were evicted from outside the Pretoria offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) last Friday, have moved into an old school building in … [Read more...] about Refugees evicted from UNHCR offices find shelter in an old school
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Makhanda literacy project shows dramatic results
The “Whistle Stop School” is helping children learn to read and beat the depressing national averages. Photos: Lucas Nowicki A partnership between an education organisation and a primary school in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, is showing dramatic results teaching children to read. The “Whistle Stop School” run by community organisation GADRA pulls learners out of class in St Mary’s … [Read more...] about Makhanda literacy project shows dramatic results
More than 30 families share one pit toilet at this Durban informal settlement
More than 30 families share one of these four pit toilets at Cato Crest informal settlement in Durban. The community built the pit toilets because most of the toilets installed by the eThekwini Municipality are currently blocked or broken. Photo: Manqulo Nyakombi The eThekwini Municipality says it will soon send teams to Cato Crest informal settlement in Durban following … [Read more...] about More than 30 families share one pit toilet at this Durban informal settlement
Freedom Day in Philippi: gunshots, robberies and piles of rubbish
Rubbish is piling up in Samora Machel in Cape Town, because employees of the cleaning company contracted to the City of Cape Town are afraid to enter the area. Photos: Sandiso Phaliso Freedom Day dawns in Philippi, Cape Town, with daily gunshots, murders, robberies, car-jackings and the intimidation of City of Cape Town contract workers. Crime has free rein here in one of Cape … [Read more...] about Freedom Day in Philippi: gunshots, robberies and piles of rubbish
Thabo Bester escape: did Nandipha Magudumana collect the same body from the same morgue twice?
Thabo Bester escaped from Mangaung Correctional Centre on 3 May 2022. Photo: Becker Semela ActionSA has assisted Katlego Bereng’s father to lay criminal charges against various state institutions for allegedly contravening the National Health Act. Bereng was, according to police, the body burnt in Thabo Bester’s cell on the night that Bester escaped. There are a bunch of … [Read more...] about Thabo Bester escape: did Nandipha Magudumana collect the same body from the same morgue twice?
