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In January the City demolished the only toilet in Mandeni

Rush to screen workers from Nduli in Ceres where first case was logged this week

Here are the companies that have committed to cuts By Tracey Davies The recent rush of salary “sacrifices” by extraordinarily highly paid executives should focus our minds on how to permanently change the system that supports South Africa’s extreme wage inequality, a system that desperately needed reform long before the...

Legal Practice Council warns of serious consequences as administration of justice grinds to a halt

Desperate immigrants helped during lockdown

Environment minister upholds appeal by activists By John Yeld Environment minister Barbara Creecy has ordered air pollution data and anti-pollution plans of some of South Africa’s biggest polluters to be made public, overturning her department’s decision to remove some key information sought by lawyers. But she also approved the redaction...

GroundUp’s reporters describe what they see

Whoever loots these shops will get the people’s justice, warns Port Elizabeth resident

Wearing masks may help reduce the spread of the epidemic, if other social distancing measures are also implemented

Application to Concourt in dispute over Cash Paymaster Services’ accounts

Ward councillor blames decaying municipal infrastructure for burst water pipe

But life in the streets goes on as usual

Residents say they are unable to rebuild their shacks and unable to return to their former backyards

With great overview, comes great responsibility

Revealed: A staggering range of police corruption

“We’re not going to die from the coronavirus, but we will die of hunger”

“We are going to starve” says seasonal worker in De Doorns

“We understand the coronavirus is dangerous. But our children are hungry at home”

Local police have impounded about 60 informal jikeleza taxis since the lockdown

Nurses told by agencies that they can’t be booked because they are not covered should they contract coronavirus at work

Concern about need to provide meals for nine million learners

And it contains elementary errors

Conflict over how to respond to land occupation during lockdown intensifies

“Under circumstances of national disaster, everyone is called upon, for the good of society as a whole, to co-operate in bringing the pandemic under control.”

eThekwini municipality denies it is breaking eviction moratorium

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has taken legal action against radio and TV personality, Somizi Mhlongo, for allegedly misleading the public through a video recording circulating on social media.

Some PE residents angry over food parcel distribution to hawkers

President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed confidence in the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) technology and data which will enable the country to fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Staff say they will return to work when they get their test results

City aims to keep 2,000 people at Strandfontein site

The 21-day nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 has been extended by a further two weeks until the end of April.