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Nurses and nursing assistants at six hospitals and clinics in the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality, Eastern Cape protested on Monday, demanding to be paid a R1,200 rural allowance. Photos: Mkhuseli Sizani About 500 nurses and nursing assistants at six hospitals and clinics under the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape downed tools on Monday. They are … [Read more...] about Over 500 Eastern Cape health workers down tools

This photo of the former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) board chair Alfred Nevhutanda’s house is from an estate agent’s advert. You can see Nevhutanda deliver a sermon from the balcony of the house in this YouTube video. (Copied for fair use.) A judge has granted a preservation order on the multi-million rand luxury home and furniture of former National Lotteries … [Read more...] about SIU freezes mansion of former lottery chair

Mavis Saunders from Harry Gwala informal settlement in Philippi, Cape Town rakes puddles of foul smelling sewage water from outside her door. Her shack is near a broken pipe that has been overflowing for nearly nine months. Photos: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik The toilet situation in some informal settlements in Cape Town is unbearable. We visited a few places to hear residents’ … [Read more...] about Broken toilets are a big problem across Cape Town’s townships

Illustration: Lisa Nelson On the advice of a social worker a woman reported her suspicions that a man was a sexual predator to the police. The accused man somehow obtained her confidential report and sued her for defamation. He won the case in the Ceres Magistrates Court which ordered R50,000 in damages. But this was overturned on appeal. The Western Cape High Court … [Read more...] about Man accused of sexual predation loses defamation case

Taxi operators have stopped transporting people into Philippi East, Cape Town after 4pm after a number of drivers were attacked and robbed. Photos: Siphokazi Mnyobe Taxi operators in Philippi East, Cape Town have stopped transporting residents into the area after 4pm. This decision was taken late last year after numerous incidents of drivers being robbed and mugged by … [Read more...] about Taxi drivers refuse to go to dangerous Cape Town township