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President Ramaphosa orders audit into unsafe school structures
President Cyril Ramaphosa has directed Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga to conduct an audit of all learning facilities with unsafe structures, especially unsafe ablution facilities, within a...
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Mozambique Update: Renamo takes Nampula
Paulo Vahanie of Renamo was elected mayor of Nampula Wednesday 14 March in the second round of a ballot that followed the assassination of the previous MDM mayor, Mahamudo Amurane. Vahanie won by a...
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How Nairobi can fix its serious waste problem
Nairobi's current waste disposal system is fraught with major problemsEPA/Dai Kurokawa Uncollected solid waste is one of Nairobi’s most visible environmental problems. Many parts of the city,...
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Cape Town housing activist fatally stabbed
Latest of several violent incidents allegedly involving security guards at Helen Bowden Nurses HomeBy Thembela NtonganaActivists occupied Helen Bowden Nurses Home near Somerset Hospital in March 2017....
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Women of Glebelands hostel devastated by violence
Part one of a series on political violence and the frustrated search for justice in KwaZulu-NatalText by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.There have been over 80 murders in Glebelands since...
View ArticleTurkey to Rebuild Somali Parliament
By Abdulkadir Khalif in MogadishuSomalia has signed an agreement with Turkey to rebuilt the former's parliament in Mogadishu known as the People's House.The Speaker of Somalia's Federal Parliament,...
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Mfuleni’s evicted land occupiers squat in makeshift communal shacks
“The shack becomes jam-packed in the evening”By Vincent LaliPeople evicted form the Mfuleni land occupation are living in makeshift communal shacks. Photo: Vincent LaliDozens of residents evicted...
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Bereaved father starts drive to fix Limpopo schools
“I don’t want my son to be forgotten. I want his name and memory to live on.”By Mary-Anne GontsanaJames Komape has started a library drive in his community in Limpopo. Photo: Mary-Anne GontsanaThe...
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Listeria Bacterium Crisis : Tiger Brands closes Pretoria facility
Giant food company Tiger Brands has temporarily closed the doors of its Pretoria factory after traces of the Listeria bacterium were found at the facility."Although the level detected was well within...
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Women bear the brunt of Africa's urban disasters, such as the collapse of...
The Hulene landfill in Maputo, Mozambique.Wikipedia CommonsThe last 12 months have been bracketed by two catastrophic, and predictable, events: the collapse of the Koshe Garbage landfill on March 11,...
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SA Government steps in to support dysfunctional municipalities
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says the Ministry has resolved to step in to support dysfunctional and distressed municipalities in a bid to improve service...
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Cape Town to pilot “safe space” for homeless people
Councillor says new approach may be more successful at reducing the number of people living on the streetsBy Aidan JonesA “safe space” for homeless people at the Culemborg bridge in Cape Town is being...
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Marikana workers live in dire conditions three years after Farlam report
Only about one in five Lonmin employees stay in decent housingBy Zoë Postman and Ashraf HendricksA young girl stands on a pipe near Lonmin’s mine in Wonderkop. Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine is in the...
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Cape Town residents call for land for “dignified homes”
“Apartheid still exists in our spatial plan in Cape Town and in other cities” says Mayco Member Brett HerronBy Thembela NtonganaThousands of people marched towards the Cape Town Civic Centre on Human...
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Intensified cooperation crucial to respond to water local crisis around the...
Submitted by uclguser2 on Wed, 21/03/2018 - 10:49The 8th edition World Water Forum, the world largest event on water in the world, is taking place in Brasilia from 18 to 23 March, gathering a high...
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Inside the ANC’s KZN war
Part two of a series on political violence and the frustrated search for justice in KwaZulu-NatalText by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.An aerial view of Richmond shot by Shaun Swingler...
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Evicted land occupiers take refuge in crèche
Dozens of children and adults left homeless after City demolitions in KraaifonteinBy Vincent LaliPhathiswa Morris takes her turn to wash up and cook for the people staying at a former crèche. Photo:...
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Expropriations: Committee to hold public hearings on land reform
The Joint Constitutional Review Committee set up to review Section 25 of the Constitution to make it possible for the state to expropriate land without compensation, has resolved to go on an extensive...
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Losing the war on waste in filthy Port Elizabeth suburb
Councillor says awareness campaign not happening in his ward where the place is strewn with rubbishBy Joseph ChirumeDamion Daniels (left) and Andrew Muller show the extent of illegal dumping in...
View ArticleRamaphosa calls for urgent report on PRASA attack
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has been given today as a deadline to submit a full report on an attack on one of its female drivers after a train was vandalised on Tuesday evening.A...
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