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The controversial Strandfontein shelter shows the importance of monitoring womxn’s rights during a crisis
Our government’s Covid-19 response and regulations must be subject to stringent monitoring to ensure womxn’s safety and security. This is why the Women’s Legal Centre will be an amicus curae in the case between the City of Cape Town and the SAHRC
Blindness: How the Strandfontein camp was set up to fail
The facility in Cape Town was about quarantining the most vulnerable — the homeless — rather than preventing Covid-19
Refugees allegedly assault religious leaders, human rights officials in Cape Town
Religious leaders are helping to mediate an impasse between asylum seekers, the United Nations, and Home Affairs
‘We are paying for this dirty water’
Hammanskraal citizens are being forced to buy their own as well as pay their municipal bills.
‘We are paying for this dirty water’
Despite the SA Human Rights Commission declaring the water in Hammanskraal unfit for consumption, citizens are being forced to buy their own
Maile launches probe into Mashaba’s ‘stolen’ Alex renewal project files claim
The Human Settlement MEC has initiated a probe into Mayor Herman Mashaba’s claims that a government official stole Alex Renewal Project files
Alex is a ‘disaster-in-waiting’ – Gauteng settlements MEC
Dikgang Uhuru Moiloa said lawlessness and disorder is a result of different stakeholders in the community not agreeing on how Alex should be developed
‘The development of Alex has been arrested’ inquiry hears
During the protests, residents shed light on the failed Alexandra Renewal Project, which had an alleged allocated budget of R1.6-billion
How to make our society kinder
Schools provide a unique opportunity to teach citizens the basics of co-operation and ethics
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Ramaphosa issues instruction on Western Cape Covid-19 numbers
President Cyril Ramaphosa has issued an instruction to the Western Cape government to recruit more staff to stem the Covid-19 tide
Capture claims plague new private-security bargaining council
Unhappy members of the National Bargaining Council for the Private Security Sector say corporate governance standards are being flouted
A lifeline for the homeless people in eThekwini
eThekwini plans to retain permanent and safe open spaces for people with nowhere to sleep
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Automotive Industry and Covid-19
Many rental fleets are no longer operational and their usually well-maintained cars are entering the market in big numbers
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The fourth industrial revolution: It works for UJ
Huge advances in technology make training and the application of medical knowledge better, faster and more widely accessible
Special Reports
PPS Webinar 4: Asset Protection in Times of Uncertainty
The Covid-19 crisis means people are spending more time at home, so they expect different packages from their insurance companies
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International Partnerships are key for Africa during Covid-19
Perhaps this pandemic is the jolt that we needed to strengthen intra-country collaboration and revive international friendships
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Auditor-General of South Africa seeks request for information
Suitably qualified and experienced vendors are sought to supply tools to assist in the support of financial statement audits
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Former bursary student hits a six and lands top job at WPCA
Thuthuka Bursary recipient Tennyson Botes decided to make a difference in his community — and he's doing exactly that
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SANRAL to professionalise its finance division with world-class professional accounting designations
'It is about how I can get my staff to acquire more skills and sharpen those skills that they already have,' says SANRAL CFO Inge Mulder
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Empowering his people to unleash their potential
'Being registered as an AGA(SA) means you are capable of engineering an idea and turning it into money,' says Raymond Mayekisa
