Articles for Marecia Damons

SARS workers strike for higher wages

NEHAWU and PSA have rejected an offer of a 1.4% increase. The unions are demanding a 7% increase, among other benefits

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News | 25 May 2022

SARS workers picket for salary increases ahead of nationwide strike

The tax collector says thereā€™s no money to meet union demands but has since tabled a 1.4% increase

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Brief | 24 May 2022

A Cape Town teacher sexually assaulted a learner five years ago. Heā€™s still teaching at the school

Education department says it will consider disciplinary steps after receiving the outcome of the criminal trial from the National Prosecuting Authority

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News | 23 May 2022

Activists call for a task team to find ways to boost Covid grant

Social protection provides a lifeline but itā€™s not enough, say researchers

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Brief | 17 May 2022

Post Office no longer paying R350 grant

Beneficiaries must now collect their money at retail stores or USave

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News | 12 May 2022

Broken bureaucracy violating prisonersā€™ rights

Sifiso Tembe may or may not be guilty. But he has definitely not been given a fair trial process

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News | 10 May 2022

Young people have to choose between eating and looking for work, survey finds

The cost of looking for employment is too high, say researchers

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News | 6 May 2022

Seven million people have applied for the R350 grant since Saturday

Social Development says its budget can only cater for 10.5-million

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Brief | 29 April 2022

SASSA not processing new applications for the R350 Covid grant

The agency says itā€™s waiting for Department of Social Development to finalise amended regulations

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News | 19 April 2022

Protesters say poor people excluded from housing indaba

Demonstrations outside and inside convention centre at Cape Town launch of land release programme

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News | 8 April 2022

Prison visits reinstated as National State of Disaster ends

Covid mandatory protocols and regulations will still be adhered to during visits

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Brief | 7 April 2022

Cape Town to give an additional R10-million to shelters

Human Rights Commission urges city to move away from ā€˜us and themā€™ mentality when it comes to homelessness

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News | 4 April 2022

E-hailing drivers stop work over safety and pay

ā€œWhen you complain, you speak to robotsā€

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News | 23 March 2022

New award for high school activists

Family and friends of the late Sakina Grimwood have launched a fund for other young activists at schools in Cape Town

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Brief | 8 March 2022

Hospital porters protest, block entrance to Groote Schuur

Porters lost their jobs when a new contractor was appointed

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Brief | 1 March 2022

Child Support Grant needs to be increased, report finds

Researchers say the grant should be R624 ā€“ the food poverty line

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News | 25 February 2022