NEWS
16 July 2020
New survey shows hunger doubled since lockdown
By Justin Brown
In Orange Farm many residents have been disconnected for two years because they can’t pay the R6k remedial fee
By Kimberly Mutandiro
City says it will continue preventing the illegal occupation of its temporary houses
By Vincent Lali
15 July 2020
Refusal to do so would not “withstand constitutional scrutiny”, says parliamentary legal adviser
By Raymond Joseph
Minister says she’s consulting, but unions say it’s not with them
By Mary-Anne Gontsana
“The reality is the beds are full and people are dying”
By Elna Schütz
City’s sand-pumping scheme had become dysfunctional due to neglect
By Tony Carnie
14 July 2020
Some families say they were displaced by flooding
508 schools still without any sanitation in the Eastern Cape, says Equal Education
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Post Office urges people to wait for an SMS confirming funds are available
By Nokulunga Majola
City of Cape Town says it recently delivered chemical toilets and standpipes will soon be installed
13 July 2020
City has condemned the occupation of its Bosasa housing project
“The Elandsfontein landowners are a diverse group of people from all race groups”
“Flood victims now shit in buckets inside their shacks and empty them into the dam. I do the same.”
“It is easy for this government to shoot at us when we protest. But it is difficult to give us the houses we were promised since 2015”
By Mkhuseli Sizani
11 July 2020
Five shacks in Vrygrond were demolished on a rainy Thursday afternoon
By Lucas Nowicki
